Photo courtesy of Ferguson Funeral Home - Scottdale
Jul 19, 1946 - Oct 26, 2025
You all have my deepest sympathy. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Cindy Rhodes
October 30, 2025 | Connellsville, PA | Acquaintance
I will miss you a lot my father-in-law. Thank you for all the gifts you gave me the short time I got to know you. Wish we could have went fishing more than we did and hunting. RIP Butch and I love you ❤
Ricky Bloom
October 29, 2025 | Connellsville, PA | Family
Butch & I grew up together. He was a great friend. Lots of good memories. Sorry for your loss. Bill Ansell
Bill Ansell
October 29, 2025 | Scottdale, PA | Friend
Rest In Peace Butchy! I was your neighbor on 31 First Avenue when we were kids growing up. Lots of fun memories.
Dottie (Ansell) Lineberry
October 29, 2025 | Gainesville, VA | Neighbor
You will be missed my friend my uncle you aways had a great sense of humor and good hart
Mick Jones
October 28, 2025 | San Rafael, CA | Family
Dad, I sure hope you are not in any pain and I will love you forever. You were the hardest worker I have ever seen. You would work construction all day and deliver mobile homes at nights and weekends. You woke up every morning at 3 am to drive to Pittsburgh after only sleeping 4 hours. You instilled your work ethic within our entire family. You always took us to the Evergreen drive-inn all summer long. I enjoyed keeping you supplied in pocket t-shirts, 9 wide shoes, socks for every holiday....
Saundra Bloom
October 28, 2025 | Connellsville, PA | Family
Uncle Butch was a unique individual and will be missed
Bill Jones
October 28, 2025 | McKeesport, PA | Family
Uncle Butch was a unique individual and will be missed, God bless.
Bill Joned
October 28, 2025 | McKeesport, PA | Family
Jeffery Miller
October 28, 2025 | PA | Family
Walter Stanley “Butch” Bauer, 79
of Scottdale passed away at 8:08 PM Sunday, October 26, 2025 in Independence Health System’s Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg. Butch was born on July 19, 1946 in Connellsville, a son of the late John Louis Bauer Sr. and Ella Josephine (Yezek) Bauer. He was married to Theresa M (Manchini) Bauer, who passed away on November 22, 2021.
Butch was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, and uncle. He graduated from Southmoreland High School, Class of 1965 and was a retired laborer, working with Laurel Ridge Construction Company as a member of the Union Construction Workers #1058. He was a lifelong and faithful member of the Partner Parish of Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Scottdale and was an avid pet lover. Butch enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening, watching the Steelers, following the Scotties, and was an expert at tying flies.
Butch will be sadly missed by his loving family; his seven children, Richard Patrick Bauer (Teresa) of Elizabeth, CO, Saundra Ann Meyer-Bloom (Ricky) of Connellsville, Jeffery Scott Miller (Jennifer) of West Leisenring, Robert Lee Bauer (Liza) of Lacey, WA, John William Keim (Angie) of Scottdale, Heather Lynn Basinger (Rob) of Scottdale, and Michael McKenzie (Becky) of Owensdale; his 17 grandchildren; his 21 great grandchildren; his former son-in-law, Jerrel Meyer; the mother of his biological children Richard, Saundra, & Robert …Margaret June Mihaly Emerick; and numerous nieces and nephews, including his special nieces, Kimberly Genova (Bart) and Johnna Kennick (Michael). In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Nichole Kathryn Keim (2024); his infant grandson, Chad Sackett; and his eight siblings, John Louis “Junior” Bauer Jr., Francis “Porky” Bauer, Joseph Bauer, Thomas Bauer, Eleanor Mathis Ruffo, Ethel Marie Tamblyn, Catherine “Cutchy” Detwiler, and Gladys Jones.
Personalized arrangements are under the professional supervision of the ROBERT B. FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME, 105 SPRING STREET, SCOTTDALE (www.fergusonfunerals.com). At the request of the decedent, there will be no viewing or service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to assist the family can be made to the funeral home. Love Lasts Forever!
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