Erma Ardell Bucher ("G.G."), 91, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023 at Atrium Health Cleveland Pines Nursing Center in Shelby, North Carolina.

She was the daughter of the late Blanche and Vivian Ross. She was originally from Freeport, Illinois where she spent her childhood, married her husband, and raised their daughter. She was a secretary for many years in the insurance industry and with Freeport Catholic Schools. She enjoyed playing organ, piano singing, coloring, and watching Wheel of Fortune. She and Pete enjoyed their early retirement years in Santee, SC before relocating to Shelby. Once in Shelby she actively volunteered for Atrium Health Cleveland for over 17,000 hours, was a proud member of the local red hats society (Red and Purple Preppies), and spent her free time hovering over everyone she knew with love. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Orlo "Pete" Bucher and her two sisters Edna Elva Schad and Jean Arilla Bose.

Erma is survived by her brother Neale (Dana) Ross of Louisville, Kentucky, her daughter and son-in-law, Stephanie and Randy Wieck, of Shelby NC, her two granddaughters Erica (Steve) Stawick, of Charlotte, NC and Alexis (Kevin) Merritt of Shelby, NC. and most importantly her five great grandchildren Charlie and Sophie Stawick and Lucy, Kate-Linn, and Abigail Merritt.

"G.G" was a lady who never met a stranger and when you met her the first thing she was going to tell you was how proud she was of her daughter, son-in-law, granddaughters, grandsons-in-law, and great grandkids. She never missed an opportunity to brag on their accomplishments and tell you just how much she loved them. The investment she made in her family allowed so many stories and memories to be shared during her life. Her legacy will live on through generations to come because of the way she loved so well.

The family will receive friends from 11am-1pm on Monday, January 16th at Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home. A rosary will be said in her memory at 1pm followed by a Celebration of Life in the Chapel at Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home with longtime family friend, Father Paul Fagan of Pelham, New York officiating. Upon the family's request please wear bright colors to celebrate the life of "G.G." Private family burial will be held at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Freeport, Illinois on Thursday, January 19th, 2023

In lieu of flowers, the family asks for memorials to be made to Friends of the Library at PO Box 3043 Shelby, NC 28151 or the Adult Life Enrichment Center (www.lifeenrichmentcenter.org) in Shelby, North Carolina.

Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home and Crematory in Shelby and Burke Tubbs Funeral Home in Freeport, Illinois are serving the family of Mrs. Bucher.