Olive Emma Bucklin  (formerly Melissa D. Bucklin), 58, died November 9, 2015, at her home in Lincoln. Daughter of Leon and Irene (Guill) Bucklin. Quilt maker; television producer (Nebraska Educational Telecommunications); writer; independent filmmaker; copywriter (McCann, Erickson, Hakuhodo, Tokyo); teacher of English as a second language (Japan, USA); passionate supporter of human rights and social justice.

Survived by her husband Donald Cunningham; sister and brother-in-law Judith and Leslie Lane (Lincoln); brother and sister-in-law Ronald and Janet Bucklin (Omaha), and nieces and nephews; Gloria Profilato, her treasured comrade in Japan; and her incomparable friends and neighbors on South 30th St. in Lincoln and throughout the city, state, and nation.

Memorial service to be held at a later date. Memorials to the Center for People in Need, Lincoln.

Lincoln Jornal Star, November 18, 2015

Article submitted: Lincoln Journal Star

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