Helen “Veronica” (Brady) Buchl, the daughter of John Harold and Helen (Hoyt) Brady was born May 23, 1929 in Carrington, North Dakota.  She died on Saturday, September 8, 2012 at the Trinity Medical Center in Minot, North Dakota.

Veronica grew up in the Carrington home of her parents until the age of 15.  At this time in her life, her mother died and her father was unable to care for nine children.  Being so, six of the children were placed in a Catholic orphanage near Fargo where she completed her high school education.  From high school, she entered the Sisters of the Presentation BVM of Fargo and furthered her education in laboratory science and radiology at the Presentation College in Aberdeen, South Dakota.  After taking her final vows, she worked as a lab and x-ray tech in several of the Hospitals and medical facilities that the Sisters operated and for several years served as the Hospital Administrator for St. Mary’s Hospital in Langdon, North Dakota after the Sisters of the Presentation took it over from the Sisters of Mercy.  In 1975, Veronica left the order and moved to Rugby, North Dakota, where she accepted a position in medical records at the Good Samaritan Hospital there and retired 19 years later as Director of Medical Records of the Heart of America Medical Center.

On May 25, 1979, she was united in marriage to Arthur Buchl at the Little Flower Catholic Church in Rugby.  Following their marriage, the couple made their home and worked in the community of Rugby.  For the past five months, the couple was living in Cando to be closer to family.  She enjoyed membership in the Confraternity of Christian Mothers, Little Flower Catholic Church were she served in many lay volunteer positions, a member of the Good Samaritan Auxiliary, the American Legion Auxiliary, an acappella singing group and was tremendously involved with the Senior Citizens.  In her spare time, she was an avid reader and loved travel and going to auctions.

She is survived by her husband, Art; 1 sister, Annette (Dennis) Johnson of Hinsdale, MT; 3 brothers, Kenneth of Carrington; John (Betty) and Greg (Marge), all of Bismarck; sister-in-law, Mary Brady of Fargo; Art’s family, brothers-in-law, Andy (Elaine) and Thomas (Carol), all of Bella Vista, AR, and Robert of Spearfish, SD; sisters-in-law, Eleanor (Jim) MacDonald of Alameda, CA, Gladys (Arnold) Fluge and Marguerite (Wayne) Freund, all of Cando and Winifred (Harold) Pelsinger of Carrington; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.  She was preceded in death by 3 brothers, Dennis, Lawrence and Wallace Brady; 1 sister, Patricia (Owen) Funk; a sister-in-law, Vivian Brady; and her parents.

Mass of Christian Burial held: 11:00 a.m. Thursday, September 13, 2012 at the Little Flower Catholic Church in Rugby with burial in the church cemetery.  Fr. Tom Graner, Celebrant

Visitation will be from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at the Anderson Funeral Home in Rugby with a rosary & vigil prayer service beginning at 7:30 p.m.  Visitation will continue from 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the funeral home.  There will be no reviewal in the Church.