Neille Buckway “Bucky” Keobke (b. 1930)
	
Bucky Keobke was born in Drumheller, Alberta, the eldest of five children. The family had a homestead north of Athabasca before they moved to Whitehorse in 1935 and Mayo in 1937. They lived in the Binet House. The family moved back to Whitehorse in 1943. Neille graduated from the Whitehorse High School in 1947 and attended the University of British Columbia for two years.((“Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Yukon, 2008.” //Whitehorse Daily Star// (Whitehorse), 10 January 2008.))

Neille worked for the Northern Commercial Company in Mayo and Whitehorse, worked on the boats for two summers and in the British Yukon Navigation (BYN) shipyards messhall, on a survey crew, in the BYN Highway Division shop as a mechanic’s helper, and then drove truck until 1953. He joined the Canadian Army (Reserve) in 1953 and attained the rank of first lieutenant. He was a partner in a service station from 1955 to 1958, and then was in a different partnership in a service station and Volkswagen dealership from 1958 to 1963. Keobke worked for B/A Oil Co. as a bulk plant operator, mechanic, and truck driver from 1963 to 1970. He worked for Russell Transport as a dispatcher, mechanic, truck driver, and foreman from 1970 to 1981. His last job was with Northern Canada Power Commission in general maintenance and as the mechanical maintenance supervisor from 1981 to 1986. From 1986 to 1995 he was a Yukon Electrical employee when the company took over the operation of NCPC for the Yukon territorial government. Koebke retired to Marsh Lake in 1995. He was involved with the Boy Scouts in Mayo and Whitehorse, becoming a Scout Master, then Cub Master, and finally the Commissioner of Cubs. He was an active member in the Yukon Order of Pioneers, Marsh Lake Community Society, and a member of the Atlinto Lodge. ((“Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Yukon, 2008.” //Whitehorse Daily Star// (Whitehorse), 10 January 2008.))

In 2008, Neille and Shirley Koebke were Mr. and Mrs Yukon for the annual Sourdough Rendezvous Festival. ((“Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Yukon, 2008.” //Whitehorse Daily Star// (Whitehorse), 10 January 2008.))