Jean Buckner, 65, of Farmersburg, died at 6:40 a.m. Saturday, July 23, 2011, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. She was a retired teacher for Robinson Community Schools unit two in Robinson. She was born Aug. 12, 1945, in Mattoon, Ill., to the late Neal Bumpus and Mildred Niemeyer Bumpus.
Her husband of 43 years, Robert Buckner, whom she married Dec. 23, 1967, at West Union, Ill., survives. Also surviving one son, Tim Buckner of Bloomington, Ind.; one daughter, Elise (John) Pratt of Rockville; two sisters, Kathy Walsh of Wylie, Texas and Dorothy Wernz of West Union, Ill.; and one grandson, Wesley Curt Pratt of Rockville. She was a graduate of Marshall (Ill.) High School and received her master’s degree from Indiana State University. She was a member of the Ebenezer United Methodist Church in Shelburn, Delta Theta Tau Sorority, Illinois Retired Teachers Association and the Ladies Biking Group.
Services will be 10 a.m. Monday, July 25, 2011, in Otterbein United Methodist Church, one mile south of Bellmore, on State Road 59, with the Rev. Don Ransford and Pastor J. Daeschner officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Moriah Cemetery north of Hollandsburg, Ind. Memorials should friends so desire, may be made to Parke County Food Pantry, 1103 Whitetail Lane, Rockville, IN 47872, in her memory. Care and arrangements entrusted to Gooch Funeral Home, in Rockville.
