John P. Buechler

John Peter Buechler, 88,

longtime Minot resident,

died Friday, November

20, 2020 in a Minot Hos-

pital.

John was born August

6, 1932 on a farm near

Hague, North Dakota, the

son of Peter and Elizabeth

(Holzer) Buechler. He

was raised on the family

farm and educated at a

country school until the

eighth grade. He, along

with his eight siblings,

helped on the family

farm, thus instilling the

hard work ethic he lived

by throughout the years.

John was united in mar-

riage to Alice Jundt on

June 20, 1961 in Fulda,

ND. From this union,

they had six children:

Mike, Bruce, Tim, Laurie,

Lisa and Tammy. They

had celebrated their 54th

wedding anniversary be-

fore Alice passed away on

July 11, 2015.

In their younger years,

John and Alice loved to go

dancing and socialize.

They especially enjoyed

attending family reunions

and reminiscing about the

past with their siblings.

John enjoyed playing

cards and was an avid pi-

nochle player; he didn’t

like to miss out on many

games. He loved to joke

around just to get you to

laugh. In his spare time,

John loved playing hor-

seshoes and trust me, you

wanted him on your team!

He loved Mom’s fried

chicken, her amazing

meatballs and his favorite,

her delicious chocolate

pie. He was addicted to

Hacienda’s pork chops

and would sit down, put

his feet up and watch ei-

ther Gunsmoke or the

Andy Griffith Show. He

knew EVERY episode and

laughed like he had never

seen it before!

Although John was a

lifelong resident of Minot,

he spent most of his days

out of town. He worked

for several construction

companies including

Bechtold Excavating,

Close Construction and

Kemper Construction. In

the early 1990’s, John and

his son, Bruce, started

Buechler Excavating. He

loved being a heavy

equipment operator, dig-

ging sewers and working

alongside his son. His

grandchildren enjoyed the

rides in the equipment

along with the stories that

he shared. He retired in

2013, but continued to do

odd jobs for friends.

John and Alice moved

into Edgewood Vista in

2014. He resided there

until November of 2018,

with a short stay at the

Good Samaritan Center in

Fargo. He lived at Maple

View Memory Care in

Minot until the time of his

death. John was a kind

and gentle man. He

touched many hearts and

will be truly missed!

His loving family in-

cludes, children, Mike

(Stacy) Buechler, Minot,

Bruce (Shelly) Buechler,

Minot, Tim Buechler, Sid-

ney, NE, Laurie (Greg)

Stromme, West Fargo,

ND, Lisa (Troy) Spengler,

Minot and Tammy Tuttle,

Minot; 21 grandchildren &

13 great grandchildren;

sister, Ann (Tomas) San-

tos, Cocoa, FL and a

sister-in-law, Agnes

Buechler, Bismarck, ND;

several nieces, nephews

and cousins.

John was preceded in

death by: his parents,

wife of 54 years, Alice; si-

blings, Fred (Cecilia)

Buechler, Carl (Irene)

Buechler, Martin

Buechler, Aloys (Janice)

Buechler, Mary (Aloys)

Zacher, Elizabeth (Sebas-

tian) Scherr, Clara (Steve)

Zahn and daughter-

in-law, Rebecca Buechler.

Mass of Christian Buri-

al: Saturday, November

28, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at

Our Lady of Grace Cathol-

ic Church, Minot.

** A livestream of the

service can be viewed by

going to John’s obituary

on the funeral home web-

site.

Public Graveside Ser-

vice: Saturday at 2:00

p.m. at Rosehill Memorial

Park, Minot.

Public Visitation: Fri-

day, November 27, 2020

from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at

Thomas Family Funeral

Home, Minot.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories are

invited to www.thomas

familyfuneralhome.com