Millie Bucklin

May 14, 1930 - January 13, 2021

Millie Bucklin Jefferson, IA Date of Death: January 13, 2021 Funeral services for Millie Bucklin, age 90, of Jefferson, IA will be held at 11:00am Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home, Jefferson, IA. Visitation with the family will be held prior to the funeral, beginning at 10:30am Tuesday. Interment will be in the Jefferson Cemetery. The funeral service will be live streamed. Live streaming will begin a few minutes prior to the start of the service. You do not need a pass word. Click the link below to connect to the Slininger-Schroeder Face Book page. https://www.facebook.com/SliningerSchroederFuneralHome/?view_public_for=105863521139107 Millie was the youngest child of Henry and Abbie (Waldo) Stevens. She was born on May 14th, 1930 on the family farm in Greene County and grew up the consummate “farm girl” loving animals, flowers, plants, and outdoor activities. She attended Bayard Community Schools where she played basketball and graduated in the Class of ’48. After graduating she married Jim Bucklin and began a family, eventually living on the family farm between Bayard and Scranton in Greenbrier Township. The family grew to four children—David, Jack, Ann, and Mary. After living on the farm for 12 years, they moved to Jefferson where her circle of friends and acquaintances grew, and many came to love her. Later in life Millie was cared for at Regency Park Nursing and Rehab Center. Millie was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Richard, her sister Alice, her son David, and her ex-husband Jim. Millie is survived by her son Jack Bucklin of Cooper, IA; daughters: Ann Bucklin of Los Angeles, CA and Mary Bucklin of Amelia, OH; grandchildren: Mason (Hannah) Bucklin, Laura Bucklin, Jack Bucklin, and Matthew (Girasol) O’Neal; great-grandchildren: Rosalind, Mason, and Braden Bucklin (Mason and Hannah) and Carmelo O’Neal (Matthew and Girasol); sisters-in-law Carolyn Bucklin of Des Moines, IA and Pearl Betts of Jefferson, IA; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Jerry and Wilma Bucklin of Roland, IA; nieces and nephews and other friends. Memorial gifts can be sent to Animal Lifeline, P.O. Box 12 Carlisle, IA 50047 or animal-lifeline.com.