Margaret
Katherine (Barns) Bucher was born February 23, 1921
in Marena, Oklahoma in a dug out home and went to be
with the Lord and her soul mate on November 20,
2009.
Katherine
was the fifth of seven children born to Forest H.
and Margaret Leigh (Hedges) Barns, the family moved
south of Tonkawa sometime after. She attended
Cottage Hill country school until the eight grade,
then she went to work on a farm in Lamont where she
lived for the next 70 years until coming to live at
Shawn Manor in Ponca City.
Katherine
married C. Warren Bucher on November 14, 1947 in
Medford, Oklahoma and he preceded her in death on
April 22, 1993.
Katherine
owned and operated her own restaurant. She also
worked for J.W. Café in Lamont most of her working
career, she drove a school bus for the Lamont School
and was a projectionist at the Rollier Theater in
Lamont.
Katherine
was a member of Rebekkuh Lodge and a past worthy
matron; she joined the Christian Church in Lamont in
April 1952. She liked to crocket, sew and do crafts
but her greatest love was for her grandchildren.
She is
survived by three children, Karen Wilcox and her
husband, Rod of Enid, Oklahoma, Butch Bucher of
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Ann Dick and her husband,
Rob of Ponca City, Oklahoma; nineteen grandchildren;
nineteen great grandchildren; four great great
grandchildren; a sister; numerous nieces and nephews
and many friends.
She was
preceded in death by her husband Warren, her
parents, four brothers, one sister and an infant
daughter.
Funeral
services will be Monday, November, 23, 2009 at 2:00
p.m. in the Tonkawa Funeral Home Chapel, Tonkawa,
Oklahoma with Rev. Jeff McReynolds of the Lamont
First Christian Church officiating. Interment will
follow in the Lamont Cemetery. Arrangements are
with the Tonkawa Funeral Home, Tonkawa, Oklahoma.
Pallbearers will be Gary Gregg, Terry Sheets, Sims
Warrior, Danny Schneeberger, Rick Crane and Jeremy
Creech.
Memorial
may be made to the Carter Hospice in care of Tonkawa
Funeral Home, 400 E Grand Ave, Tonkawa, Oklahoma
74653.
Condolences may be sent to the family using our
online guest book at
www.tonkawafh.com.
