Lasting Memories

Henry Norbury Kuechler III
March 15, 1938-March 25, 2015
Atherton, California

Henry, known to his friends as "Hank," was born on March 15, 1938, in Stanford Hospital to Beth and Henry Kuechler (Mary Elizabeth Stewart & Henry Norbury Kuechler, Jr.) of Atherton, California.

His upbringing was greatly influenced and shaped by his beloved grandfather, A.O. Stewart.

Henry had three sisters, Sue (Mrs. James Harris, who preceded him in death), Sally (Mrs. Warren Debenham) and Nancy (Mrs. Lee Enright).

He attended the Thacher School in Ojai, CA, excelling in horsemanship and tennis. While attending the University of California, Berkeley, he played varsity tennis and was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. After graduating with a B.S. in Business, he served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Merrick as Chief Engineer before entering the family business alongside his grandfather and father in 1962.

Henry was active in many facets of the agriculture community serving as President of the Board of Trustees for Reclamation District #2060, Chairman of the North Delta Water Agency Board of Directors, President of the Cow Palace, President of the Grand National Foundation, and a Director for the California Tomato Growers Association and the San Joaquin Hay Growers Association.

He also served as a Director for Federal Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Great River Oil & Gas Corporation, BRK Petroleum Corporation, Boo-Ker Oil & Gas Corporation, Cola Petroleum, Exchange Oil & Gas Company and Allied Properties.

Henry served multiple terms on the Hoover Institution Board of Overseers throughout the past three decades. He was active with the Booth-Bricker Foundation of New Orleans, and was a past chairman of the Atherton Planning Commission.

Hank?s lifelong friends can be counted among the members of the Burlingame Country Club (where he served as President from 1995-1997), the Bohemian Club (Santa Barbara Camp), the Boston Club of New Orleans, Cypress Point Golf Club, the Frontier Boys, the Pacific Union Club, the Palo Alto Club, Rancheros Visitadores (Los Chingadores), the San Francisco Golf Club, the San Francisco Grid Club, and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews.

He is survived by Alice, his wife of 34 years, his children and their spouses, Henry "Jack" Kuechler IV (Kristi), Mary Kuechler (Paul Kick), Tom Dias (Nanci), Alair Dias, Greg Dias (Monique), and his four grandchildren, Katie Kuechler, Henry ?Will? Kuechler V, Elisabeth Engelson and Natalie Dias.

The family wishes to thank Dr. Kathy Renschler and Dr. George Fisher for their incredible compassion, care and professional guidance during the past eight weeks.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Patrick Swayze Pancreas Research Fund or to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.