LAVERA BUCHER SCHWARTZ

CHAFFEE -- LaVera Bucher Schwartz, 73, of Chaffee died Wednesday, June 18, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Jan. 16, 1924, at Kelso, daughter of Leo Joseph and Dora Emily Goetz Scheeter. She first married Albert "Duckie" Bucher Oct. 1, 1941. He died March 31, 1993. She later married George A. Schwartz June 10, 1995.

Schwartz was a sewing machine operator at Thorngate Ltd. in Chaffee, retiring in 1986. She was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Daughters of St. Ambrose, and VFW Auxiliary 3127.

Survivors include her husband; a son, Ken Bucher of Ewa Beach, Hawaii; a daughter, Vickie Bucher of Keller, Texas; a stepson, George Schwartz Jr. of Houston, Texas; a stepdaughter, Sue Schwartz of Manchester; a brother, Dick Scheeter of Chaffee; two sisters, Charlene Morgan of Kansas City, Dorothy Vickery of Chaffee; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a stepgrandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a son.

Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee after 4 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7.

Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Ambrose Church, with the Rev. Allan Saunders officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.