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HELEN BURT BUCY, 83 years, of
Tekamah, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at
Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Helen Burt Neary was born June 10,
1929, in Decatur, Nebraska, to Martin and Helen Neary.
She attended school in Decatur and graduated from
Decatur High School in 1946. She earned a teaching
certificate from Midland Lutheran College in Fremont and
taught grades 1-8 in a one-room country school for two
years.
Helen married Earl Bucy August 28,
1948, in Decatur. They lived on the family farm 12 miles
north of Tekamah. The farm has been in the family for
over 150 years. She was a member of the Order of the
Eastern Star, Daughters of the Nile and First
Presbyterian Church in Tekamah. She was an avid reader
and liked to play cards and bingo and loved to go to the
grandchildren’s activities.
She was preceded in death by her
parent; brothers, Lonnie and Joe Neary; infant siblings,
Martin and Lois; special friend, Fern Anson.
Survivors include her husband, Earl; four sons and
daughters-in-law, Mike & Peg Bucy , Larry and Christine
Bucy, Gary and Joan Bucy, all of Tekamah; Jerry and Mary
Bucy of Beatrice, Nebraska; brother and sister-in-law,
Del and Joan Neary of Atlantic, Iowa; 8 grandchildren,
Tim Bucy, Gregg Bucy, Stephanie Dahl, Tessa Darling,
Alexis Linehan, Harrison Bucy, Justine Bucy and Josh
Bucy; 13 great-grandchildren, Tomi Jo, Karlie, Chase and
Kaden Dahl, Sage, Aiden, Carson and Addison Darling,
Annie, Mitch and Jack Linehan, Alex and Gregorie Bucy.
FUNERAL SERVICE:
Saturday, June 16, 2012, 10:00 am, at the First
Presbyterian Church, Tekamah.
VISITATION: Friday,
June 15, 2012, 1-8 pm with the family receiving friends
from 4 - 6 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Home in Tekamah.
Visitation will also be held Saturday at the church one
hour prior to the service.
BURIAL: Tekamah
Cemetery, Tekamah
MEMORIALS: Tekamah
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