Former Peabody schoolteacher Helen Stucky Hansen, 98, died Sunday in Gretna, Neb.

She was born in Peabody and lived there 79 years.

She was preceded in death by husbands Jess Stucky, who died in 1988, and Carl Hansen, who died in 2003, and a daughter, Mary Stucky Olsen.

She is survived by a son, Jon Stucky of Apex, N.C., and five grandchildren.

A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia. Burial will be in Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Peabody.

A memorial fund has been established with Peabody Township Library, 214 N Walnut St, Peabody KS 66866.