Joel Bucher 1972-2009
Our friend, business partner and fellow freedom loving frontier capitalist Joel William Bucher has died at the age of 37 here in Odessa, Ukraine this past Saturday, the 14th of November. Cause of death is still unknown pending results of autopsy by Ukrainian authorities.
Joel was born on Bastille Day in 1972 in the middle of America, and had the rock solid integrity and moral values that often are characteristic of people raised in this region of the United States . He was an ultra-achiever, a brilliant and critical thinker devoid of cynicism. His aim in life was to build rather than to tear down.
As a businessman, he was always a few steps ahead of everyone else, and was both ultra practical and extremely imaginative, a rare combination. His legacy is the love, respect and esteem felt by all those that knew him, and the ideas he originated and passed on to others to realize.
November 17th, 2009 at 3:05 am
today is the day i will always remember as one of the worst days in my life.
today the morning news from my frent george about joe left a big pain in the middle of my hart.what can i think about a great person like loel,he was my frent he was the always smiling person he was looking at you and you were forgeting your proplems i wish i hat spend more time with joel but i will remember him for ever.
GOOD BAY MY FRENT
February 14th, 2010 at 4:35 am
I’m trying to find out if this is the Joel that I taught in Sunday School and Youth Group at the Stone Lutheran Church in Ashland, OH. What was his college major…and what was his employment in Ukraine?? And have the found the cause of his death? I would be interested in someone updating me. Thank You. Kate
February 24th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Kate, this is Joel. There was a memorial for him in Mansfield last weekend. His obit was published in the News Journal and Times Gazette.