The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, January 28, 1996               TAG: 9601280105
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: FORT LAUDERDALE                    LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

DOROTHY C. BUCEK

Dorothy (``D'') Crowling Bucek, born in Virginia Beach, on March 12, 1961, died Jan. 25, 1996, at the Broward General Hospital in Fort Lauderdale.

D moved to Fort Lauderdale in 1981 with her daughter, Charlene. She was known throughout Broward County as the ``Neighborhood Bartender.'' She planned fund-raisers, cooked and served holiday dinners, being family to many throughout her years in Fort Lauderdale.

Survivors include her husband, Irv Bucek; a daughter, Charlene Spencer; stepsons, Cameron and Anthony Bucek; her mother, Louise Crowling; a sister, Mary Cummings of Virginia Beach; three brothers, John and William Crowling of Virginia Beach and James Crowling of Niceville, Fla.; five nephews; and five nieces.

D will be missed by her friends but never forgotten.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to her daughter's trust fund. Make checks payable to Charlene Spencer Trust Fund, P.O. Box 8785, Virginia Beach, Va. 23450.

Fred Hunter's Funeral Home, Hollywood, Fla., is in charge of arrangements.

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