Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Enterprise Media Group

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LaDonna Jean Borgelt (Wenz) Bucy was born August 14, 1940 on a farm north of Winslow, NE to Fred & Hulda (Suhr) Borgelt. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith.

In 1958 she married Otto Wenz, Jr. to this union five children were born, Michael, Donald, Wayne, Debra, and Valerie.

She was a stay-at-home mom caring for her children and helped with the family farm.

On November 25, 1992, she married Eldon Bucy, to which she gained five more children.

Eldon & LaDonna moved to an acreage outside of Tekamah, where they loved to garden, raised a variety of animals, including peacocks, turkeys, guinea, ducks, geese, chickens and Shetland ponies, along with their beloved dogs.

Due to health reasons, they left the acreage and moved into town, after a small stay in town, they moved into the Omaha area.

LaDonna was a member of Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Elkhorn, NE.

She enjoyed spending time with all her children, grandchildren & great grandchildren. She loved gardening of all sorts, cooking, baking treats for all occasions, and just being around those she loved.

But most of all LaDonna loved the Lord with all her heart. There are three large crosses that her husband, Eldon, erected at the hilltop of their acreage, that many passersby could see on Highway 75.

LaDonna is preceded in death by her loving husband, Eldon Bucy, her parents: Fred & Hulda (Suhr) Borgelt.

Survivors include her children, Wayne (Kelley) Wenz, Teresa (Dan) Tierney, Peter Bucy, Tami (Tom) Christoffersen, Kathy (Lynn) Petersen, Judy (Keith) Finken, Don (Alexa) Wenz, Michael Wenz, Debra (Jerry) Welchert, Valerie (Luke) Cox. 25 grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren. Sister, Marian (Milo) Jeppesen and brother Robert (Trish) Borgelt.

A Memorial Service was heldThursday, March 11, 2021, 10:00 am, at Pelan Funeral Services in Tekamah.Burial at Hillcrest Cemetery, Decatur, Nebraska. Memorials to the family for later designation.

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

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