Former Burns homemaker and farm wife Esther Stucky, 89, died Dec. 21 at Westwiew Manor, in Derby.  

Born May 3, 1927, to Peter and Kaete (Regier) Thiessen in Whitewater, she married Clyde Stucky on Nov. 4, 1955.  

He preceded her in death along with daughter, Carol Stucky, and siblings Herbert, Walter, Leonard, Arnold, David, and Willard Thiessen, Lois Frey, Edna Flora, and Wilma Stucky.  

Survivors include children LaVerne Stucky of Belle Plaine and Bruce Stucky and Brenda Graves, both of Wichita; siblings Floyd Thiessen and Selma Entz; 8 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.  

Services were Monday at Burns Countryside Church with burial in Burns Countryside Cemetery.

A memorial has been established with Union Rescue Mission.