Obituary Record

Mary Elizabeth (Hammel) Bucklin
Died on 4/12/1927

Published in the Pilot April 13, 1927

Mrs. Mary E. Bucklin passed away very suddenly at the home of her youngest daughters, Mrs. Chas. Bryne, of this city, at about 4:30 yesterday afternoon of heart failure. She seemed to be in her usual good health, had been eating and sleeping as usual. She was reading the daily paper to Mrs. Byrne while Mrs. Byrne was ironing, when she suddenly fell from her chair and death resulted almost instantly. A physician was sent for but he found her heart was still and life’s spark had suddenly gone out. The funeral service will be held at her old home in Bancroft Friday afternoon. Father Quinn officiating, and burial will be by the side of her husband, whose death occurred May 5th, 1924. Mary Elizabeth Hammel was born in Evansville, Wis., October 25th, 1852, so was 74 years of age last October. She came to Nebraska with her mother in 1875 and settled in Tekamah. On March 3rd, 1878 she was united in marriage to Edwin L. Bucklin at West Point, Neb. Eight children were born to them, four boys and four girls, two grown sons, Jas V. and Owen L., and one daughter, Gertrude, Mrs. D. A. Sage, preceded her in death. Those living are Leon, of Santa Barbara, Calif., Mrs. C. W. Turner of Crofton, Neb., Mrs. G. B. Fergu(e)son, of Decatur, Nebr., Leslie H. and Mrs. Chas. Bryne, of this city.

#2 14 Apr., 1927 - The Tribune

Mrs. Mary A. Bucklin passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Byrne, on Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 of heart failure. The deceased was born at Evansville, Wisconsin October 25, 1852, and came to Nebraska in 1875. Her husband, the late Edwin Bucklin, passed away in 1924. She leaves to survive her Leon Bucklin of Santa Barbara, Calif., Mrs. C. W. Turner, Crofton, Mrs. G. B. Ferguson, Decatur, and Leslie Bucklin and Mrs. Chas. Byrne of this city. The body was taken to Bancroft where funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon from the Catholic church

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. News clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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Printed in the Blair Pilot on 4/13/1927


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