David Hoffer Bucher
June 18, 1934 ~ July 9, 2023
Born in:
Lebanon County, PA
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
David H. Bucher passed away at Givens Estates retirement community in Asheville, NC on July 9, 2023 at the age of 89. He was the son of the late Christian G. and Violette Hoffer Bucher of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Dave grew up on the family farm and graduated from Hershey High School and Hershey Junior College in PA. He went on to earn both BS and MS degrees in Engineering from Penn State University and was a licensed professional engineer.
Dave was employed for 37 years as a research and development engineer with Deere and Co. As lead engineer, he was responsible for the development of tractor rollover protective frames that established the safety standard for the industry. He was a long time member of Sigma Xi, scientific honor society, as well as many other professional engineering organizations. In 1993, Dave was honored as the Outstanding Engineering Alumnus of the Year by the Department of Agricultural Engineering at Penn State.
After retiring to Flat Rock, NC, Dave served on the Flat Rock Village Council for ten years and played a primary role in the development of the Park at Flat Rock.
Dave is survived by his wife of 66 years, Betty, and son David and spouse Bill Cooper; son Michael and wife Peggy; and daughter Kirsten Szendrey and husband Frank. Also surviving are grandchildren Kate and Christopher Bucher and Rachel, Emily, and Francis Szendrey. His sister-in-law Bonnie Rhoads also survives as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
The family would like to express our sincere and deep appreciation for the compassionate care provided to Dave by the Four Seasons Hospice team.
No service is planned and a celebration of Dave’s life will be held at a later time.
Groce Funeral Home’s Lake Julian team is assisting the family.
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Condolences to the entire family. Mike, I hope you are doing well, always miss our tennis matches at Urbandale CC. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Jay: Thanks so much for your kind note. Great to hear from you after all these years. Hope you and family are doing well. Kind regards. Mike
Betty and family –
I was sorry to hear of Dave’s passing. He was always a kind person and I truly enjoyed working with him at Deere. May the happy memories help you through this time.
Julie – thank you for your kind note.. As you know, Dave loved his work at Deere and the good people he had the privalige of working with.
Dear Betty,My sympathy to you and your family. Cherish the memories. Warm regatds.
Amelia, so good of you to remember me after all these years. Thank you for your kind words.
Fond Regards, Betty and Family
My sympathies and condolences to Betty and the Bucher family.
Rich- thank you for your kind message. We have so many memories of our years at Valley with you, Bob and the challenges at the time. Our good wishes to you from all of our family.
Dear Betty and family,
Our deepest sympathy goes out to all of you. We have wonderful memories of our time with you at Valley UMC, and of our visit to Asheville many years ago. Dave was a very intelligent, caring man who shared his leadership gifts wherever he was. We were lucky to have known him and considered him our friend. Valley UMC is praying that you will find strength and comfort in knowing many friends are praying for you.
Joyce and Harold – thank you for your kind words and prayers. Those years at Valley and on the tennis courts with you, Harold, were very special for Dave as was your ongoing friendship. Joyce, we enjoy those CDs and your talented music often. We still have an Iowa butterfly house on our porch here at Givens! Our fond regards from our family.
Betty and family, we’re so sorry to hear about Dave. He was a great guy and really enjoyed working with him at Deere. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you.
Vicky-thank you for your kind note. Your office skills at Deere surely made Dave’s work a more productive and enjoyable time that he really appreciated and mentioned often. As you remember, he loved his years at Deere and did miss the Iowa cornfields after we moved here. Our good wishes to you and your family, Betty and family.
Sincere sympathy to Betty and family for your loss, Dave was a real class act and will be sadly missed by all. Thoughts and prayers are with you at this sad time. R.I.P.
Dear Betty and family,
It is with our deepest sympathy that we reach out to you. Of course we are remembering all the pleasant
experiences our families shared together, and of course all the times at Valley Church together with the
senior group starting the flower garden on the south side of the church. And, we have also been remeniscing
about the time you and Dave came to FL. to visit us. Happy memories with special friends. Hugs to all of your
family.
Dick and Katie: We so appreciate your kind words. Our whole family had many good memories to share as we were together these past few weeks. Those years at Valley and Des Moines were very good ones for all of us. I am remembering the flower garden as well as the Christmas live nativity scene on the lawn and the luminaries in the Iowa winds! Our good wishes to you and all of your family.. my love, Betty
Dick and Katie: We so appreciate your kind words. Our whole family had many good memories to share as we were together these past few weeks. Those years at Valley and Des Moines were very good ones for all of us. I am remembering the flower garden as well as the Christmas live nativity scene on the lawn and the luminaries in the Iowa winds! Our good wishes to you and all of your family.. my love, Betty