Dorothy Boucher

Funeral services for Dorothy Boucher, 94, of Tyler, are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at Chandler Memorial Funeral Home, with Chaplain Lionel Whitaker officiating. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.

Dorothy Wood Boucher passed away peacefully Sunday November 30, 2025. Dorothy was born in Henderson County, Texas to Riley Lot Wood and Pauline Wood, on July 29, 1931.

Dorothy attended schools in Edom and Van and graduated from Van High School. Later she attended Tyler Junior College and the University of Texas at Austin where she met and married Bernard Boucher Jr. They later moved to Longview and established a real estate development business, living there until 1967. They relocated to Houston and continued with real estate development. She and Bernard were longtime active members of the First Baptist Church of Houston. Dorothy was a faithful follower of our savior Jesus Christ and witnessed to all she encountered. Dorothy loved her family and cherished the times they spent together. She was the greatest mother a person could have or desire.

She is preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Bernard Boucher, Jr.; both her parents, R.L. Wood and Pauline Wood; her two brothers, Neil R. Wood and Randall Buck Wood and her sister, Martha Ellis.

She is survived by her sister Polly Barry and husband Don, Sister-in-law Pamala Wood; her three children, Renee' Graham and husband Greg of Chandler, Bernard Boucher III of Edom, Mark R. Boucher and wife Brenda of San Marcos; her five grandchildren, Rebecca Graham and husband Tray Camp, Allison Boucher, Matthew Boucher and wife Rebecca, Max Boucher and wife Brooke, and Julia Boucher; three great-grandchildren, Ashten Camp, River Graham-Camp and Eleanor Boucher; cousins, Jerry Wyatt and wife Risa, Kenny Wyatt; nieces and nephews, and numerous extended family members covering over four generations; and dear friends.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Chandler Memorial Funeral Home family.