Norma Jean Buth

Norma Jean Buth

August 1, 1930 — September 20, 2017

Funeral services for Norma Jean Buth, 87, of Temple, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the Dossman Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the Central Texas State Veteran’s Cemetery in Killeen.

The family will receive friends for visitation from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, at the Dossman Funeral Home Chapel.

Mrs. Buth died Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in a Harker Heights Hospital.

Mrs. Buth was born Aug. 1, 1930, in Austin, the daughter of Forrest Edward Hocker and Edith Pauline Maners Hocker. She married Woodrow William Airhart, who preceded her in death in 1981. She worked for many years as the business manager for a dentist office, retiring in 1989. She later married William (Bill) Buth July 10, 1996 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mr. Buth preceded her in death in 2012. Mrs. Buth moved to Temple in 2012. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Temple.

Survivors include one son Glen William Airhart and wife Donna of College Station; two daughters Judy Mezick and husband Roger of College Station and Brenda Parker and husband Paul of Temple; eight grandchildren, Briana Meltzer and husband Michael, Gerad Airhart and wife Jessica, Drew Airhart and wife McKenna, Kayla Airhart, Mindi Pearce and husband Everett, Keith Parker and wife Rasena, Amy Swinney and husband Scott and Morgan Culp and husband Phillip; and seven great grandchildren, Dylan Robinson, Kaleb Swinney, Adaline Swinney, Eloise Marie Airhart, Maylee Pearce, Jessa Pearce and Dalton Pearce.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.