Bob Bucey

Robert "Bob" W. Bucey, 68, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at a Boise hospital.

Graveside inurnment was held at Mountain View Cemetery on Friday, March 7. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Bob was born on April 5, 1939, in Smithfield, Ohio, the son of Wendell and Alice (Truex) Bucey. Bob was schooled in Ohio and worked as a Produce Manager in a grocery store in Smithfield.

He moved to Mountain Home in 1981 to be closer to his brother, Don. Bob worked at the sawmill, the Stage Stop and during harvest time in different spud cellars in the area. He retired in 1996.

Bob loved to cook, garden and can vegetables. He liked being in the mountains, especially camping in the Featherville area, his family noted.

Bob is survived by: his sister, Shelley, and her husband, Nelson Puch, of Ohio.

He was preceded in death by both his parents and his brother, Donald.