Harvey Ode Boucher, 89, of Katy died March 8, 2009, at Hunt Regional Medical Center in Greenville, Texas.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Katy Magnolia Cemetery in Katy.
Harvey was the son of Henry Ode and Montie Evelyn Branom Boucher, he was born Nov. 2, 1919, in the Branom community, Mt. Zion Church community, Cumby.

He graduated from Fairlie High School in May 1937. Mr. Boucher enlisted in the U.S. Navy in Dallas on Jan 7, 1938, and spent January through March 1938 at the Naval Training Center in San Diego, Calif.

He spent his naval career serving aboard destroyers from 1938 to 1958 on sea duty in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He began serving in the U.S. Navy as an apprentice seaman; and during his time at sea, he advanced to chief torpedo man mate, which is the top of the enlisted grade before warrant officer.

The destroyers he served aboard were involved during World War II and the Korean incident in the front line of defense in World War II and the Korean area. One of his ships was hit by a Japanese shore battery off of New Guinea in 1944, and one man was killed and another wounded. As the crews of the destroyers were 200 men or more, all were present during the action of each ship he served aboard. Everyone depended on each other, and no one won World War II or the Korean Conflict by himself. There was always enough action from the enemy to keep everyone on the alert.

Mr. Boucher went into the Fleet Naval Reserve in July 1957. He returned to Commerce and entered East Texas State University and received his B.S. teaching degree and entered the teaching profession, teaching biology for 17 years at Spring Woods High School.
He met his wife, Doris Franz, at Spring Woods where they both taught, and were married in 1980 in Austin.

Mr. Boucher moved into the U.S. Naval home in 1999 following the death of his wife in 1998.

Survivors are two nieces and five nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers and sisters.

Info from obituary in the Herald-Banner from Mar. 10 to Mar. 12, 2009.