LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Louise Orveline Buckner (Orvie), age 83, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018.

Orvie was born on Sept. 9, 1934, in Eveline Township, Michigan, to Orvel and Margaret Bennett.

Orvie was a 39-year resident of Lake County.

After many years of working in the post office in San Jose, Calif., Orvie moved from San Jose to Artois, Calif., in 1977 to be the postmaster of Artois. She then came to Lake County in July 1979 to fill the position of postmaster of Upper Lake. Orvie retired from the post office in 1987.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Herbert Howard Chew, in 1971 and her second husband, Louis Howard Buckner, in 2002. Also preceding her in death were her parents, one brother and four sisters.

She is survived by her three children and two stepchildren, Allen Chew (Mary), Ellis Turnbow (Tommy), Kenneth Chew (Lang), Roy Buckner (Rose) and Claudia Einertson (Arlen); three brothers, Earl Bennett, Rex Bennett and Lyle Bennett; 11 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Memorial service will be held at at Community Baptist Church, 2877 E. Highway 20, Nice, on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 11 a.m. Private interment will take place at Upper Lake Cemetery.

Arrangements by Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary, 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com.