in Manhattan on February 25, 1942, after suffering a heart attack the day before at his office. After a service attended by former President Herbert Hoover at St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan, he was buried at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky. At the time of his death, it was estimated that the entire value of his estate was $120,000, all of which was personal property. Buckner left a gross estate of $387,086, while his debts, administration and funeral expense total $1,320,240, primarily state and federal taxes. His widow died in Saratoga, California, in 1971. Legacy Shortly after his death, the New York Trust Company commissioned a portrait of Buckner from Raymond P. R. Neilson, N.A. for the New York Clearing House to hang alongside the twenty-seven past presidents of the House. References External links 1873 births 1942 deaths Businesspeople from New Orleans Yale University alumni American bankers Burials at Cave Hill Cemetery