Helen graduated from Purdue University in 1964, with a Bachelor’s degree, and in 1978, with a Master’s Degree in English and Library Science. She worked as a secretary for Magnavox Corp., before becoming a librarian and an English teacher with the Whitco School Corporation, Bloom Township High School, East Noble Schools, and Homestead High School, before retiring in 2005. Helen was a member of Phi Delta Kappa Honorary Professional Fraternity, ISTA, NEA, Allen County Retired Teachers Association; a volunteer with the Literacy Alliance, Tutored in E. S. L. She enjoyed art lectures, field trips, Civic Theatre Plays, Fort Wayne Philharmonic Concerts, book discussion clubs, Socrates Café discussion groups, flower gardening, her beloved cats, and art classes. She is survived by her husband of 42 years, David L. Buckmaster; nephew, Evan Buckmaster, of Bloomington; and several cousins.
Private family services are being held. Burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne. Memorial donations may be given to the Allen County SPCA, or the Literacy Alliance. Arrangements have been entrusted to D.O. McComb and Sons Pine Valley Park Funeral Home, 1320 East Dupont Road, Fort Wayne.