Mary Elizabeth Tucker Bucher is celebrating her 98th birthday today at the home of her granddaughter and spouse, Stephanie and Scott Bibler, with a family gathering. Mary was born Oct. 28, 1916, on a farm near Claypool to Cloice and Roxie Miller. In 1937 she married Edison Tucker, who passed away in 1969. The couple had a son, Charles Tucker, who is deceased, and a daughter, Jo Ann Williams, Atwood. She also has six grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. In 1985, she married Edward Bucher, who is deceased, and added three stepsons and several step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren to her family.