Graveside service for Nancy Lee Buel will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 7, 2024 at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Burial will be under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Nancy Lee Buel passed away at Scottsdale Osborne Medical Center, in Scottsdale, Arizona on May 7, 2024, at the age of 88.  She was born September 27, 1935, in Columbia, Missouri to Truman and Jessie (Yearwood) Eater. She attended the University of Missouri where she met Charles Joseph Buel of Washington, Missouri. They married in 1956 and set off to the life of career military service as Lieutenant and Mrs. Charles J. Buel. During their lives in the military, Nancy Buel and her family served at 22 duty stations, including Okinawa, Japan, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Mexico City, Mexico, Ft. Bliss, Texas, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Ft. Ord, California, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, Ft. Hood, Texas, Gainesville, Florida, The Pentagon, Washington D.C., Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, Monterrey, California, and Arizona. Her family life in the military spanned the globe. During their dynamic Military career, they ascended the ranks from 2nd Lt, to Brigadier General, to 30-year retirement.

"Behind every great man there is a great woman." Nancy Buel was that great, strong, passionate force that drove the energy, accomplishments, and success of their military career, serving as Aide-de-Camp to a career US Army officer. Nancy also pursued her own career and ambitions. Always eager to break from the stereotype and challenge the norm, Nancy received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Maryland and a Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Oklahoma. Nancy was an educator and schoolteacher, teaching in several high schools at many duty stations.

Nancy also worked as the lead for distance-based learning programs for the United States Field Artillery School in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma and served as Behavioral Health Director, at the United States Embassy, in Mexico City, Mexico. She had an accomplished career in the US Civil Service. Nancy was a proud contributing member to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), serving as President at the University of Texas, Austin OLLI program.

Nancy was smart, strong, independent, and a world traveler, exploring every continent. Her fondest travel memories were of Camino de Santiago, Spain, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, The Egyptian Pyramids, the Queen Mary, and the Russian Rhine River. With a passion for history and genealogy, Nancy possessed a prolific curiosity and was a voracious reader. Among the many honors, groups, and societies she belonged to, she was proudest of her roles with the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was proud of the family lineage that she researched at the National Archives, dating her family to the American Revolution.

She was a talented pianist with the ability to play by ear. She enjoyed and played classical and contemporary music. She was a big fan of canines and felines, owned several show dogs, her household was rich with cats, dogs, horses; she was a pet's best friend. Quick with a good conversation and a friendly smile and chuckle–and a cool glass of iced tea–she enjoyed bold crafty conversations with friends and family. Nancy was a golfer (with 2 holes in one), tennis player, and an enthusiastic bridge player.

Nancy's most often used quotes:
"Those also serve who only stand and wait."
"This, too, shall pass."
"All that glitters is not gold"

Nancy Buel is mother to three children, Jeffrey A Buel, Dr. Jessie Ann Buel, and Julie Lee Butner and grandmother to Zander Alexander Buel.

She was predeceased by her parents, Truman and Jessie Eater, her brother, Lloyd Eater, and her husband General Charles Buel, and daughter, Dr. Jessie Ann Buel.