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 Fire & Rescue, First Presbyterian Church and