Elizabeth M. (Bette) Brelsford Bucknum of Holland, PA died peacefully on Monday, December 19, 2011, at Sunrise Healthcare, Yardley. She was 89.

She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph W. Bucknum and mother of the late Douglas C. Bucknum.

Born in Morrisville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Marion Brelsford, and sister of the late Joseph Brelsford and Marie McNabb.

Bette graduated from Morrisville High School. During her lifetime, she worked for Westinghouse and also for the Pennsbury School District. Bette and her husband Joe spent many wonderful years together residing in Morrisville, PA, Yardley, PA, Sea Girt, NJ, Hilltown, PA, and Buckingham, PA. Bette and Joe spent much of their retirement RVing around the country before settling into a winter residence in Ft. Myers, FL.

Bette was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and homemaker. She was an avid seamstress and gardener. Bette also loved to square dance.

Bette will be greatly missed by her daughter Joann C. Osenlund and her husband Richard of Holland, PA and also by her 4 grandchildren; Heather Gavaghan, Kurt Osenlund, Lacy Adams, and Amanda Bucknum, and her 3 great grandchildren Jack and Lauren Gavaghan, and George Adams.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing on Wednesday, December 28, 2011, from 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Road (at Holland Road), Richboro, PA 18954 and to her Funeral Mass 10:00 AM at St. Bede the Venerable Church, Holland.

Private interment will follow at Holy Trinity Cemetery Yardley, PA.