| Rovey, Mildred (Bottcher) 94 of Buckeye, AZ, passed away on November 18, 2009. She was born in Phoenix, AZ. Graduated from Phoenix Union High School in 1932. She married Arthur Rovey in 1939 and was the bookkeeper for the family dairy, cotton, grains, & alfalfa farms in Phoenix, Glendale, & Buckeye. She was a member of the AZ Farm Bureau, Buckeye Homemakers Club & Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church. She is survived by her children, Pat, Sandra (Maury) Chupp, and Jerry (Dianna) Rovey; 10 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; sisters, Renata (James) Bond, Ruth Barber, and Norbert (Carol) Bottcher. She was preceded in death by her parents, Adolph and Erna Bottcher, brothers Edward and A.G. "Bud" Bottcher and husband Arthur Rovey. Visitation will be 9am Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 5600 W. Palmaire, Glendale. Funeral service to follow at 10am. Interment Resthaven Park Cemetery, Glendale. Arrangements by Chapel of the Chimes Mortuary, Glendale. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the church for the school's non-profit Tuition Assistance Program. Published in The Arizona Republic on November 22, 2009 |
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