Vicki Ann Bailey

Vicki "Mamo" Ann (Perfect) Bailey was born on February 2, 1951 in Omaha, Nebraska to Gail and Ramona (Barge) Perfect. She grew up in Omaha where she attended Central Park Grade School and North High School. As a young girl, Vicki was a tomboy, taking risks, playing neighborhood baseball and shocking the family when she came home with orange hair. She and her family enjoyed summer trips to Washington and Idaho to visit her grandparents. Vicki married Dennis Bailey on May 11, 1969 in Papillion, Nebraska and to this union three children were born: Ramona Gail, Bryan Owen and Karen Lynn. Vicki and Dennis have raised their family in Bellevue and Omaha. Vicki has always been a hard worker, having many jobs including Jetto Space, Bellevue Products, International Radio, Home Day Care, Pendleton Mills, Qualex, Majors Plastics and Streck Manufacturing. She was especially talented with crafts, spending many years creating shadowboxes and enjoying weekend adventures at craft shows across the midwest. She collected anything to do with Mickey Mouse and enjoyed watching news and crime shows, playing Yahtzee, and family trips to Virginia and Branson. Vicki loved to listen to the singer Joseph Hall and made regular trips to Lake Manawa to watch the deer and ducks. She was a loving, lucky, giving and strong-willed woman who treasured her time with her family. Vicki enjoyed old time rock and roll, dinner at Howard’s and special time with her grandchildren. Her son, Bryan, took great pleasure in teasing his mother, including the time he surprised Vicki while the family was having a dinner at Howard's and Bryan, dressed as Santa Claus made quite a pest of himself before Vicki realized it was him, all the way from Virginia. She will be forever remembered for her signature saying, “Same Difference”. Vicki passed away suddenly on Friday, May 18, 2012 in the Emergency Room at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 61 years, 3 months and 16 days. She was preceded in death by her parents and grandparents and sister Karen. Vicki is survived by her husband Dennis; children Ramona Bailey of Wahoo; Bryan and Gail Bailey of Culpeper, VA and Karen and Brian Helmberger of Hickman, NE; 8 grandchildren, Alex, Zachary, Ryan, Kelly, Amanda, Cody, Blake, and Bryanna. She is also survived by brother Terry (Jill) Perfect of Ft. Pierre, SD, brother-in-law Larry (Claudette) Gartner and many nieces, nephews, relatives, and treasured friends.

Vicki Ann Bailey

February 2, 1951 - May 18, 2012