Memorial Service January 28 For Former MO Congressman's Wife

A memorial service will be held January 28 for Nancy Chanitz Buechner, 59, who died of lung cancer Saturday, January 7 in McLean, VA. She was the wife of Jack Buechner, former Congressman from Missouri's Second District and long-time St. Louis resident.

The St. Louis memorial service will be held at Chaminade College Preparatory School's Chapel, 425 S. Lindbergh Blvd. at 1:30 p.m. A reception will follow.

Mrs. Buechner was raised in St. Louis, attended DeAndreis High School and The University of Missouri-St. Louis and worked for 20 years at The Crane Agency before moving to Washington, D C. in 1991.

Jack Buechner served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1986-91 and the Missouri House of Representatives from 1972-1982.