Background
Buche, Mary Patricia was born on March 12, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Thomas Frederick and Bertha Adelaide (Rife) Murphy.
Buche, Mary Patricia was born on March 12, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Thomas Frederick and Bertha Adelaide (Rife) Murphy.
Student, Earlham College, 1939—1940.
Receptionist, Richmond, Indiana, 1944—1945. Department manager J.C. Penney Company, Frankfort, 1962—1964. With 3rd Order St. Francis, 1965.
Employment counselor Rose Personnel Agency, Lafayette, Indiana, 1968—1969. Patient representative St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, 1969—1974, director, patient relations, from 1974. Consultant Purdue University.
Active Ladies Society, from 1965. President Lafayette Indiana Deanery Council Catholic Women, 1968. Member, parish council St. Boniface Church, Lafayette, 1971—1975.
Coordinator Widow to Widow Mental Health Association, 1981. Member of American Hospital Association, Indiana Hospital Association, Indiana Society Patient Representatives (charter, president 1977), National Society Patient Representatives, Psi Iota Xi (vice president 1965-1966).
Married William John Buche, January 3, 1942 (deceased). Children: Mark, Monica Buche Dux.