Thurston William Bucher ¹

   FamilySearch ID: LZRB-5BG.

  General Notes:

Thurston and his wife were married for over 50 years. He was a retired farmer.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: Bendersville Man Dead in Auto Crash, 25 Oct 1929, East Berlin, Adams, PA. ¹ John W. Bucher, 53, prominent Bendersville butcher, was fatally injured in an automobile crash on the Harrisburg road, one mile east of Carlisle, Wednesday afternoon. Bucher died in the Carlisle hospital in the evening. The victim suffered a punctured lung and several fractured ribs. Bucher and his son, Thurston, 17, were returning to Bendersville from Harrisburg in a light sedan, driven by the latter. Thurston suffered numerous bruises and minor lacerations. He received treatment at the Carlisle hospital but was not admitted as a patient.

According to reports from Bendersville, the steering apparatus of the machine broke and the car ran off the road, crashed into an obstruction and upset. Mr. Bucher was thrown out of the car.

Mr. Bucher was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bucher, of Arendtsville. For 23 years he conducted a meat market in Bendersville, and was well known throughout the upper end of the county.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Annie (Keller) Bucher, and the following sons and daughters: George A. Bucher, Hampton; Guy I. Bucher, White Hill; Clair J. Bucher, White Hill; Keller E. Bucher, Essex, Maryland; Daniel M. Bucher, Maybelle A. Bucher, Thursten W. Bucher, John W. Bucher Sr., and Mary Jane Bucher, all at home.

Two brothers, Harry C. Bucher, a butcher in Biglerville, and Isaac C. Bucher, Chambersburg, and one sister, Mrs. Emory Wentz, McKnightstown, also survive. The funeral was held on Saturday.

2. Residence: on 23 May 1930 in Bendersville, Adams, PA. ²

Thurston married Dorothy Mae Conover on 12 Aug 1936 in Winchester, Anne Arundel, MD. (Dorothy Mae Conover was born on 22 Jun 1915, died on 1 Dec 1988 in Aspers, Adams, PA and was buried in Gettysburg: Evergreen Cemetery, Adams, PA.)

Thurston next married Group.

Thurston next married Julia Kathleen Stallsmith Group.