Bacher

Clarence R. “Curly” “CR” Bacher, 90, of Butler passed away Friday at Newhaven Court at Clearview.

Born in Butler on July 8, 1927, he was a son of John L. and Cora (Bowers) Bacher.

A veteran of World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy Air Corps as an air traffic controller.

He graduated from the Robert Morris School of Business with an accounting degree.

CR was a self-employed accountant with great entrepreneurial spirit. In 1953, he founded Bacher and Associates Accounting. Nine years later he established Bacher Electronics. In January 1967 he purchased Butler Ambulance Service. In 1985, he acquired Sedan Service, a company that provides hearse service to local funeral homes. He also founded Butler Assist Coach, a transport service for wheelchair patients, in 1995, and Bacher Automotive Service in 1998.

He was a member of St. Paul Roman Catholic Church.

Surviving are his wife, Dolores “Dee” (Marcus) Bacher, whom he married on July 9, 1949; two sons, Dennis R. Bacher and his wife, Penny, of Cabot and Robin L. Bacher of Mars; one sister, Cleora Black and her husband, Donald, of Chicora; and four grandchildren, David Bacher and his wife, Feather, Alicia Haas and her husband, Jesse, Amy Vernon and her husband, Cory, and Nathan Bacher and his wife, Elizabeth.

Also surviving are nine great-grandchildren, Jacob Bacher, Jayson Haas, Evan Haas, Jonah Bacher, Grayson Bacher, Joseph Vernon, Keegan Bacher, Mya Vernon and Emma Vernon; two step-grandchildren, Kelly Kimsey and Kayla Gugino; and a number of nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Cecil, Cliff and John; one sister, Evelyn Elliott; and one step-granddaughter, Megan Dietz.

BACHER — Friends of Clarence R. “Curly” “CR” Bacher, who died Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, will be received from 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Martin Funeral Home, 429 Center Ave., Butler.Members of St. Paul Catholic Women and Christian Mothers will meet at the church at 9:35 a.m. Tuesday to recite the rosary.A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday from St. Paul Roman Catholic Church. Entombment will be in Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum.The family requests memorial donations to Parkinson Foundation of Western Pennsylvania, 575 Lincoln Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15202 or to Dementia Society of America, P.O. Box 600, Doylestown, PA. 18901.For more information, please visit www.martinfh.net.