The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, January 11, 1996             TAG: 9601110292
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                         LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

PATRICIA F. PUCHER

Patricia Fincham ``Patty'' Pucher, 43, of the 700 block of Turnbuckle Court, died Jan. 10, 1996, in a Chesapeake hospital.

Mrs. Pucher worked in the data processing department at the Naval Supply Center. She was a native of Norfolk and a member of Woodland Heights Baptist Church. She graduated from Indian River High School and attended Tidewater Community College.

Survivors include her husband, William Joseph ``Bill'' Pucher; a stepson, William A. Pucher; her mother, Verlie ``Judy'' Fincham of Chesapeake; a sister, Betty Jean Priley of Chesapeake; three brothers, Luther M. Fincham of Flemington, N.J., Louis B. Fincham Jr. and Jerry Wayne Fincham, both of Chesapeake; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, Louis B. Fincham Sr.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Woodland Heights Baptist Church by Dr. Kenneth A. Barnes and the Rev. Paul D. Moore. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Memorial donations may be made to the Make A Wish Foundation.

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