This Book of Memories memorial website is designed to be a permanent tribute paying tribute to the life and memory of Herman "Herm" Buechel. It allows family and friends a place to re-visit, interact with each other, share and enhance this tribute for future generations. We are both pleased and proud to provide the Book of Memories to the families of our community.

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O Happy Day

Upon reading Herman's obituary, a memory was sparked from our school days.  Class just ended and as we were clomping down the wooden stairs of freshman hall, I heard someone singing "O Happy Day" by Don Howard, a popular hit from ...

Marilyn Huberty
2015-03-01 18:59:50
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Pots, Pans & Garden

Hi Herm,

A story from Pat about how you cut her such a good deal on her first set of pots & pans (they still look as good as new as when bought in the late 1960's). You were at Messmer at the time and you were able to order them t...

George & Pat Feudner
2015-02-20 18:33:13
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True character
I didn't know Uncle Herm all that well (as I didn't become a Kovochich until 2009), but there are a few memories that stand out in my mind. At our wedding reception, Uncle Herm was the first person to greet us. He came up to us, and gave me a (hard!) slap...
Anne Nguyen Kovochich
2015-02-20 16:47:46
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Amazing Man

I had just met Herm through his son Dave a couple years ago. My friend Dale and I were bear hunting on Dave's land in Northern Wisconsin. We had been baiting for a couple weeks and Herm had come along to see some of the bait sites. When we came ...

Randy Platz
2015-02-20 07:08:59
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Thanks for being a great secondary father while growing up during those carefree iconic 1970s

Dearest Herm!  When your oldest son and my good friend Dave emailed me your tragic death on Fat Tuesday, February 17, I was not only very saddened and shocked, but I felt and knew that you were in a much better place, and that you were not suffering...

Jay Remitz
2015-02-19 15:24:06
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A man with Spirit

I had the privilege of meeting Herm for the first time in 2007. We were headed out for an adventure of a lifetime to Alaska and really didn't know what to expect of it or each other. I soon found out what a spirited, educated, kind and personabl...

Ken Stoepker
2015-02-19 14:05:19
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Uncle Herm a true man's man
A few years back it was the weekend of each the three family cottages pulling their docks out of the water for the season. Herm's dock needed required six people to get it out but to Herm 3-4 was good enough. When I showed up at the Buechel's cottage to help...
John W Kovochich
2015-02-17 23:17:28
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