Helen H. Baucher, 94, of Reedsburg passed away peacefully at

West View Manor on Tuesday September 18, 2012.  Helen was

born in Wayne County on June 27, 1918 to William and Isa (Byrd)

Baucher.  She was a graduate of Wooster High School and Ashland College.

She retired from the Wooster City School system in 1977.  Her first

teaching position was an Amish school in Holmes County, two years in

Portage County and the rest of her career in Wayne County.  In 1967 she

was the recipient of the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation award.

Helen was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Wooster.  She was an

avid reader, quilter, gardner and antique collector.  Surviving are two

sisters, Ruth Blades of Howard and Barbara Martin of Jeromesville and

several nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her parents,

a brother, Fred Baucher and a sister, Mary Funk.  The family suggests

memorial contributions be made to Hospice Palliative Care of Greater

Wayne County, 2525 Back Orrville Road Wooster, OH 44691 or The

Wayne County Humane Society, 1161 Mechanicsburg Road Wooster, OH

44691.  A private family service and burial of the cremains will be at a

later date.  Fickes Funeral Home in Jeromesville is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be made at www.fickesfuneralhome.com.