Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Baecher, John Joseph June 1, 1989
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Virginian-Pilot  June 3, 1989
John Joseph Baecher, of Baecher Road, a retired attorney who had practiced law in 
the area for 64 years, died June 1, 1989, in a hospital.  He was 92.
Mr. Baecher, a native of Frederick County, Va., practiced law in Norfolk from 1922 
to 1986, and was certified to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.  He was a 
1917 graduate of Maury High School and a 1922 graduate of the Catholic University 
of America Law School.  He was a member of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association, 
the Virginia State Bar and the American Bar Association.  He was a member of 
Knights of Columbus Council 367 and American Legion Post 35.
Mr. Baecher had served as secretary-treasurer of the James Barry Robinson Home for 
Boys from 1933 to 1980.  He was a former board member of the Lay Advisory Board of 
DePaul Medical Center and was one of the original commissioners of the Hampton 
Roads Sanitation Commission.  He was a former president of the Izaak Walton League 
of America and was a former director of the organization.  He helped create 
Seashore State Park.  He was a Navy veteran of World War I.
He was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church and was the widower of Cecelia 
Cashin Baecher.
Survivors include three sons, John J. Baecher, Jr., of Goldens Bridge, N.Y., Cecil 
C. Baecher, of Roanoke, and Michael C. Baecher, of Norfolk; nine grandchildren; 
and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. in Christ the King Catholic Church by the 
Revs. Bonaventure Medlia and Joseph P. Lehman.  Burial will be in St. Mary's 
Catholic Cemetery.  A wake will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday in H.D. Oliver Funeral 
Apartments, Norfolk.  Friends may join the family at 1921 Foxhound Lane.
Memorial donations may be made to the John A. Baecher and John J. Baecher Memorial 
Fund, P.O. Box 777, Norfolk, Va.  23501

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