Obituary: Kuch, William J. “Bill”
Age 73
KUCH,
William J.
“Bill”
Bill Kuch passed away on March 25th, 2016, surrounded by his loving family after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
The son of William and Edna Kuch, he was born on July 13th, 1942, and grew up in the West Central neighborhood of Spokane.
A graduate of North Central High School, he met the love of his life, Kathryn Kile of Pine City and they were married on November 26th, 1966, before settling in the Spokane Valley where they raised their family.
Bill was a true son of Spokane and “old school” in all of the best ways.
He believed in hard-work and loyalty which he brought with him for 54-years, typically 6 days-a-week, as a fixture at the White Elephant as the store’s toy-buyer.
Customers, co-workers, salespeople and delivery drivers all considered Bill a friend and looked forward to the time and jokes they would share.
He believed actions spoke louder than words spending 29-years supplying toys for the Spokesman-Review Christmas Bureau through the store and organizing deliveries.
He loved working on and talking about classic-cars, especially corvettes, having owned four of them.
With his wife and family, he also embraced living life to its fullest.
He enjoyed waterskiing and fishing at Newman Lake, camping-trips, family vacations to California and the Oregon Coast, and watching his kids and grandkids play sports and other activities.
He is survived by his wife of nearly 50-years, Kathy; his daughter Cindy Constance (Chris); his sons Kyle (Leah) and Jeff (Cara) Kuch; four loving and blessed grandchildren; his older sister Claudette Gunderson and younger brother Don Kuch.
He will be sorely missed but never forgotten.
A celebration of Bill’s life will be held Saturday, April 23rd, at 75 N. Holiday Hills Drive in Liberty Lake as an open-house from 1-4pm.
The family would like to thank Jerry and Theresa Odell and the staffs at Rockwood Oncology and Hospice of Spokane for all of their support and compassionate care.
In lieu of flowers or sympathy gifts, please donate to the Christmas Bureau in Bill’s honor.