Steve was born March 26, 1972, to Dan and Dianne Bruckner at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, NE. He passed away peacefully March 14, 2025, in hospice at Louisville Care Community in Louisville, NE. He was in scouts, little league baseball, soccer, and enjoyed camping and golfing. He enjoyed motorsports and traveling to destinations such as the Caribbean and Las Vegas. From childhood on, he remained an ardent Dallas Cowboys fan.  Steve spent much of his younger years traveling to watch his dad and brother drag race.

Steve is preceded in death by his grandparents, John and Mary
Bruckner and Bill and Helen Powers and his aunt, Karen Wilson.

He is survived by parents, Dan and Dianne Bruckner; brother and sister-in-law, David and Jill Bruckner; uncles, Ken Powers and John (Becky) Bruckner; niece Raegan (Joshua) Wolf; nephews Joshua and Trevor Bruckner; best friend Kevin Cowan; several cousins; and his dogs, Russel and Kirby.

Let Me Go

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little, but not for long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that once we shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey we all must take

And each must go alone

.It's all part of the master plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the friends we know.

Laugh at all the things we used to do

Miss me, but let me go.

-Christina Rossetti