Lorene Marie Bachert, 92, died Monday, March 14, 2011, at the Brian Health and Rehabilitation Center in Durham, NC, where she had lived for five years.

She was born in Kansas City, KS, to Horatio T. and Mary Draper, living and working there until 1992, when she moved to Cary.

She was predeceased by her husband of 33 years, Harold L. Bachert (d. 1971) and siblings Verona (Vernie) Stover, Tilden H. Draper, Daniel F. Draper, and Pearl R. Ashley, all of Kansas City, KS.

She is survived by her only daughter, Bonnie L. Carson, Cary, NC; only grandchild, Catherine L. Carson, Honolulu, HI; niece Marie E. Penrod, Kansas City, MO; nephews Larry D. Ashley and Dennis E. Draper, Kansas City, KS, and Dean A. Draper, Olathe, KS; sister-in-law Dorothy H. Draper, Kansas City, KS; and former brother-in-law Denzel G. Ashley, Lees Summit, MO.

Cremation by The Cremation Society of the Carolinas, Raleigh, NC, followed by inurnment in the columbarium at Wake Memorial Park, Cary, NC. No services are planned.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Alzheimer’s Association, www.alz.org/join_the_cause_donate.asp.