William Muir Bucher Sr. ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: GZ4H-RTL.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Mount Lebanon, Allegheny, PA. ² The 1940 Census recorded Harold F. Bucher, 50, living with wife Marion M., 46; Harold F., 17; William M., 15; Marion S., 10; and father-in-law William M. Muir, 76.

2. Newspaper: Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, 14 Jan 1952, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁵ Harth-Bucher
From Riverdale, N. Y. comes announcement by Mrs. Marie Harth of the engagement of her daughter, Claire Marie Harth, to William Muir Bucher, son Bucher, of Col. and Mrs. Harold F. of Mt. Lebanon. Miss Harth was graduated in June from Bucknell University where she was a member of Mortar Board and editor of the year book, "L'Agenda." Mr. Bucher, an alumnus of Franklin and Marshall Academy, was also graduated from Bucknell and did graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh. At present he is attending the School of Hospital Administration of the Medical College of Virginia. He served with the of U. S. Armed Forces in Europe.

3. Obituary: The Daily Item on 18 Apr 1978 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. ⁴ William M. Bucher
LEWISBURG - A service for William Muir Bucher, 53, a 1950 graduate of Bucknell University, who died of a heart attack April 1, was held April 4 in Washington, D. C. according to word received here. A native of Pittsburgh, Mr. Bucher was known in Lewisburg where his mother, the late Mrs. Harold F. Bucher, lived. She who moved to Lewisburg community after the death of her husband in 1954. At the time of Mr. Bucher's death he was executive vice president and director of the Hospital Council of the National Capital area. During World War II he was commended with the Purple Heart with cluster for operating a prison camp hospital inside Germany, while a prisoner of war. Mr. Bucher is survived by his wife, Claire H., Pebble Brook Lane, Potomac, Md., a 1951 Bucknell graduate; three children: William Jr. and Anne, both in college, and Patricia, at home, and one sister, Mrs. Marion B. Snyder of Annapolis, Md.

4. Residence: Pebble Brook Lane, Potomac, Maryland on 1 Apr 1979 in Potomac, Montgomery, MD, United States. ⁴

William married Claire Marie Harth on 12 Jul 1952. (Claire Marie Harth was born on 26 May 1929 in Bronx, Bronx, NY ⁶ and died on 13 Mar 2022 in Silver Spring, Montgomery, MD ⁶.)