Ronald F. Hauch

Ronald F. Hauch, 76, of St. Joseph, died Thursday, May 16, 2019, at Golden Age Manor in Stevensville.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, at Bowerman Funeral Home in Eau Claire, where friends are invited to visit beginning one hour prior to the service. Online messages and memories may be shared at www.bowermanfuneral.com. Memorial donations may be made to the Humane Society of Southwestern Michigan.

Ron was born February 6, 1943, in St. Joseph, the son of Frederick and Flora (Pechtel) Hauch. He proudly served his country with the United States Navy from 1965-68. He attended college and then worked as a bookkeeper for the Watervliet Paper Mill. His leisure enjoyments included golf in his younger years, being with his family, and painting art pictures.

Survivors include his mother, Flora Hauch; his sister, Cynthia Wood; sister-in-law, Patricia Hauch; nieces, Kelly (John) Burcruff and Elizabeth (Martin) Edmunds; nephew, Brian (Laura) Hauch; aunts, Donna Pechtel, Ethel Wheeler, and Helen Dunn; and many cousins.

He was preceded in death by his father; and a brother, Dennis Wayne Hauch.