George H. Hancher retired from serving as a Court of Common Pleas judge in 2007. Hancher died at Butler Memorial Hospital Sunday night at 83.

This is a breaking news report. Pick up Wednesday's Butler Eagle to find out what members of the community and family had to say about Hancher. George H. Hancher, a retired Court of Common Pleas judge who was described as an old-style attorney with tremendous knowledge, has died. He was 83.Hancher, who died Sunday night at Butler Memorial Hospital, lived in Lancaster Township.According to a previous Butler Eagle article on his 2007 retirement from the bench, Hancher was born in New Castle and raised in Ellwood City, both in Lawrence County.He graduated from a military prep school in New Jersey and earned his bachelor's degree and law degree from Cornell University in 1960 and 1963.Hancher served three years in the U.S. Army, having been discharged in 1966 as a field artillery captain.He practiced law in Ellwood City until 1972. For the latter three years, he served as Lawrence County's first assistant district attorney.

This is a breaking news report. Pick up Wednesday's Butler Eagle to find out what members of the community and family had to say about Hancher.