Ret. Delaware State Trooper John H. "Buck" Owings, 53

DELMAR - Retired Delaware State Trooper John H. "Buck" Owings died Tuesday, July 10, 2007, at home. He was 53.

John retired from the Delaware State Police in 2003 after 20 years.

He was a past master of Hiram Lodge 21, AF&AM, Seaford, and a member of the Shield and Square Club, Redmen"s Lodge, Selbyville.

John was also an avid hunter, Civil War buff and participated in Civil War reenactments.

He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Betty; his mother, Eunice Owings of Farmville, Va.; four stepchildren, Edward Severn Jr. of Aberdeen, Md., Frederick Severn of Havre de Grace, Md., Deborah Adams and her husband Donald of Aberdeen, and Teresa Bradley and her husband Elbert of Laurel; three grandchildren, Kimberly Severn, Christina Adams and Brianna Bradley; and his brother, William Owings Jr.

Funeral services with full state police honors will be 1 p.m. Saturday at the Bayshore Community Church, 36759 Millsboro, Highway, Millsboro. Friends may call at the Cranston Funeral Home, 300 N. Shipley St., Seaford, on Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Masonic services will be at 7 p.m., and at the church on Saturday from 12 to 1 p.m. Burial will be in Redmen"s Cemetery, Selbyville.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the American Cancer Society, 92 Read"s Way, Suite 205, New Castle, DE 19720.