1928-2021 ⢠La Grande
Barbara Joyce Buce, 92, of La Grande, died May 15, 2021. A memorial service will be held June 5 at 11 a.m. at the Damascus Road Community Church, La Grande.
Barbara, better known as Bobby, and lovingly known as âThe Queen,â was born Nov. 6, 1928, in The Dalles, to Frank and Daisy Weatherford. She was a classy lady who grew up driving a wheat truck on her familyâs ranch in Olex. She attended Arlington High School and later Northwest Nazarene College.
At sunrise on Easter morning in April 1950, Bobby married Thomas A. Buce on the 50-yard-line at Arlington High School. They had three children, then moved to Corvallis where she worked to put Tom through school at Oregon State University.