Ernest Otto Buch, 94, of Edmond, Okla.

Ernest Otto Buch, 94, of Edmond, Okla., went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 5, 2010. The family received friends on Thursday, July 8, 2010, at Baggerley Funeral Home in Edmond.  A memorial service was held Friday, July 9, at Lighthouse Lutheran Church in Edmond, led by Pastor Pete Balaban.  A graveside service followed at Gracelawn Cemetery in Edmond.

    He was born Oct. 23, 1915, in Silver City, the fourth child of Henry and Augusta Buch.  Ernie graduated from Glenwood High School and, as a young man, farmed in southwest Iowa but soon used his talent for repairing electronic equipment to open his own radio repair shop in Glenwood.  He moved on to Cedar Rapids and joined Collins Radio where he worked as an engineer on military and aviation electronics.  Ernie met Jean in Cedar Rapids and they were married in 1941.  After moving to Texas, Ernie worked for the Dallas Water Department.  

    Ernie and Jean retired to Osakis, Minn., and subsequently to Edmond, Okla.

    He is survived by a sister, Dorothy Brandt; two children, Ken (Judy), Manchester, Conn.; and Mary Mowry, Edmond, Okla.; five grandchildren, Melinda (Jim) Sullivan, Bristol, Conn.; David (Ann Marie White) Mowry, Fairport, N.Y.; Alan (Kristen) Buch, Ashford, Conn.; Michael (Pamela) Mowry, Edmond, Okla.; Jennifer (Joseph) Baron, Norfolk, Va.; 11 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his wife Jean Cunningham Buch; three brothers Carl, Julius and Otto; and a sister Helen Dickersbach.

     Please sign the online guest book for Ernest Buch at www.baggerley.com under the list of names. Arrangements  made by Baggerley Funeral Home in Edmond.