Bucher, Roy C. (1919-2006)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Mar 20 p. 8

Birth date: 1919

text of obituary:

ROY C. BUCHER

Roy C. Bucher, 86, of Landis Homes Retirement Community, Lititz, Pa., died March 10, 2006, after a brief illness. He was born to Elmer and Maria Carper Bucher in Ephrata.

He married Betty Jane Ruppert on June 9, 1945. They observed their 60th wedding anniversary on June 9, 2005.

A pastor for more than 50 years, he was ordained as a minister at Pleasant Hill Mennonite Church, East Peoria, Ill., in 1951, where he served for five years. He was pastor of Metamora (Ill.) Mennonite Church for 15 years. He served on various committees in Illinois Mennonite Conference. He served as pastor of Doylestown (Pa.) Mennonite Church for eight years and as a chaplain of Doylestown Hospital for 7 years. During his years at Doylestown, he served as President of Bucks County Christian Council of Churches for three years. He was also active in Franconia Mennonite Conference.

He was a graduate of Goshen (Ind.) College and Seminary. He also earned a master of arts degree at Le Tourneau summer seminary in Winona Lake, Ind.

He had clinical training for chaplaincy at the University of Chicago and in Indianapolis, and his advance clinical training at Bethlehem, Pa.

After his retirement he served as interim pastor in eight congregations in New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania. For 15 winters he conducted services in a mobile home park in Sarasota, Fla. He was an active member of Neffsville Mennonite Church in Lancaster. His interests included traveling, fishing and golfing.

Survivors include his wife, Betty; two daughters, Judy Hope and her husband, Samuel, of Fairfax, Va., and Carlene Meyers and her husband, Gary, of Doylestown; a son, Darrel Bucher of Lampeter; a foster daughter, Norma Imhoff and her husband, Kenneth, of Chatham, Ill.; three grandchildren and a great-grandson.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Lloyd and Paul Bucher; and a sister, Myrtle Zink.

A memorial service was held at Neffsville Mennonite Church. Burial was in Hammer Creek Mennonite Cemetery of Lititz.