Catherine "Cassie" Buck, age 78, a resident of Sunset Beach for 55 years, and previously of Orchard Beach, passed at her home on March 18, 2017.

She was born on August 8, 1938, in Orchard Beach, to the late Catherine and Richard Hoffman. Always dedicated to her family, she was loving and attentive to all of her grandchildren's activities. She loved Christmas, holiday parties, the beach, crabs, baton twirling, decorating, messaging on I-pad, and the Red White and Blue.

Along with her parents, Cassie is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 44 years: William E. Buck.

She is survived by her daughter Colleen Rowe and her husband Bart, of Arnold; her son Mike Buck, of Caldwell, Ohio; six grandchildren: Brandon Rowe, of Annapolis, Colin, Cameron, and Breanne Rowe, of Arnold, and the extended family grandchildren Sarah and Heather Walsh, also of Arnold; her brother Steve Hoffman and his wife Esther, of Hurlock; and her sister Helen Sass and her husband Steve, of Pasadena.

Family requests friends visit at the Gregory J. Gonce Funeral Home, PA, 169 Riviera Drive, Pasadena, 21122 on Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 PM. Her funeral service will begin on Thursday at 11:30 AM, with Deacon Mike Dodge officiating. Her burial will follow in Glen Haven Memorial Park. Those who wish may donate to Penn State's THON.org - which raises funds to fight pediatric cancer - and feel free to express your condolences below as well.