Samuel Bucher
(1827-1903)
Henrietta Rebecca Acor
(1835-1906)
George Adam Dry
(1836-1918)
Catharine Margaret Reifsnyder
(1848-1916)
Joseph Harvey Bucher
(1874-1933)
Rebecca Elizabeth Dry
(1875-1943)
Dorothy Margaret Bucher
(1915-1983)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. George Edgar Matchette
2. Homer Lee Houston

Dorothy Margaret Bucher 1 3 4

  • Born: 19 Aug 1915, Watsontown, Northumberland, PA 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): George Edgar Matchette on 31 Jul 1937 in , Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States 1
  • Marriage (2): Homer Lee Houston on 14 Dec 1957 in Watsontown, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States 2
  • Died: 29 Dec 1983, Williamsport, Lycoming, PA at age 68 4 5
  • Buried: 3 Jan 1984, Milton: Harmony Cemetery, Northumberland, PA 4 5

   FamilySearch ID: L2W9-H1D.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence: from 1937 to 1944 in Watsontown, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. 6

2. Occupation: nurse on 31 Jul 1937 in Catasauqua, Lehigh, PA. 6

3. Residence: in 1945 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. 6

4. Obituary: The Daily Item on 30 Dec 1983 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. 5 WATSONTOWN - Mrs. Dorothy B. Houston, 68, of 233 E. Seventh St. died last evening in the Divine Providence Hospital, Williamsport. Mrs. Houston fell about two weeks ago and was admitted in the Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg. She was transferred Tuesday to the Divine Providence Hospital.
Born Aug. 19, 1915, in Watsontown, she was a daughter of the late Harvey and Rebecca Dry Bucher. She lived in Watsontown all of her life. She was a 1933 graduate of Watsontown High School and a 1935 graduate of the Jersey Shore Hospital School of Nursing. She was employed for more than 20 years in the Montgomery Mills, Montgomery.
Her first husband, George Matchette, preceded her in death. Her second husband, Homer L. Houston, died in 1973. Mrs. Houston is survived by one sister, Mrs. George Sudol of Lewisburg. A graveside service will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Harmony Cemetery, Milton, by the Rev. Donald Kitchell, pastor of the Revival Tabernacle Church, West Milton. There will be no visitation.
Funeral arrangements were made by the Herbert E. Barr Funeral Home, Watsontown.


Dorothy married George Edgar Matchette on 31 Jul 1937 in , Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States.1 (George Edgar Matchette was born in 1910 in Catasauqua, Lehigh, PA,6 7 died on 23 Dec 1946 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA 6 7 and was buried in Milton: Harmony Cemetery, Northumberland, PA 7.)


Dorothy next married Homer Lee Houston on 14 Dec 1957 in Watsontown, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.2 (Homer Lee Houston was born on 15 Feb 1911 in Troutman, Iredell, NC, United States,8 died on 17 Jun 1973 in Jersey Shore, Lycoming, PA 5 8 and was buried in Milton: Harmony Cemetery, Northumberland, PA 8.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1775-1991, George Edgar Matchette m. Dorothy Margaret Bucher 31 Jul 1916 Lehigh Co. PA.

2 The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), 18 Jun 1973 page 17 obituary of Homer Houston.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1906-1913, Dorothy Margaret Bucher b. 19 Aug 1915 Watsontown PA father J Harvey Bucher mother Rebecca Dye.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/259140193.

5 The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), 30 Dec 1983 page 8 Obituary of Dorothy Bucher Matchette Houston.

6 The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), 24 Dec 1946 page 7 obituary of George Matchette.

7 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/259002967.

8 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/250354646.



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