Aurie Valley Zysset, 89, a lifetime resident of Frontier County, died Feb. 22, 1998, at the Cambridge Manor.

She was born April 3, 1908, at Freedom to Jesse and Alma Wymore Buker. She graduated from Havana Rural High School and also attended Peru State College.

On April 3, 1932, she married Carl C. Zysset at McCook. He preceded her in death on July 8, 1983.

Mrs. Zysset was a loyal member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church of Orafino while it was in existence and later joined the United Methodist Church of Eustis. She was a kind and thoughtful wife and a gentle, loving and dedicated mother, whose first thought was always for her family.

Survivors include five daughters, Evelyn (Dale) Wolf of Blacksburg, Va., Bonnie Jeanne Herrick of North Platte, Lorene (Joe) Raburn of Minden, Janice Quinn of Aurora, Colo., and Ruth (Don) Crum of Boulder City, Nev.; two sons, Mervin (Jo) of Farnam and Paul (Enid) of Cody; two sisters, Esther Wagner of San Diego and Eva Herman of Brady; two brothers, Jay Buker of Curtis and Frank Buker of Brookline Station, Mo.; 26 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Also preceding her in death was a son, Kenneth Robert; a sister, Mary Hassel; three brothers, Guy, Rex and Roy Buker; two granddaughters; and two great-grandsons.

Services will be at 11 a.m. today at the Farnam United Methodist Church with the Revs. Art Phillips and Eugene Beye officiating. Burial will be in the Farnam Cemetery.

Wetzel Funeral Home of Curtis is in charge.

North Platte Telegraph, February 25, 1998