Buechel, Elroy L.Elroy L. Buechel, age 87 of Cedar Landing, Elkhart Lake, died November 18, 2016 at Sharon S. Richardson Community Hospice, Sheboygan Falls. Elroy was born on August 13, 1929 to Frank and Emelda (Sabel) Buechel in Jericho. He married Patricia Marie Meyer on October 6, 1951 in St. Anna. They were married for 34 years until her death in 1985. Elroy was employed at the Kohler Company for 36 years until his retirement in 1991. He pursued farming in St. Anna until he moved to Kiel in 1982. He was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church. He loved listening to Polka music and playing sheepshead. He was an avid Milwaukee Brewers, Green Bay Packer and Wisconsin Badger Fan. Elroy is survived by his 9 children and their spouses: Barbara (Henry) Reiss of Elkhart Lake, Beverly Moureau of DePere, Deborah (Donald) Winkler of Stockbridge, Annette (Florentino) Soto of Sheboygan, Merlin Buechel of Kiel, Steven (Elizabeth) Buechel of St. Anna, Mark (Debra) Buechel of St. Anna, Jeffrey (Amy) Buechel of Plymouth, DuWayne Buechel of St. Anna; 23 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. He is further survived by two sisters: Gladys Woelfel and Edwina Freund; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Howard (MaryAnn) Meyer, Roland (Laverne) Meyer, Shirley Meyer, Pearl Meyer and Audrey Menne, nieces, nephews other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife: Patricia, a granddaughter: Kayleigh Buechel, grandsons: Nathan Buechel, Tony Fleisner Buechel and Adam Reiss; brothers: Edmund (Elsie), Leroy (Loretta Grube), Clarence, Sylvester; sisters: Dorothy Weinreis, Lucinda (Roy) Olson, Lucille (Glen) Helgemoe, and Theresa (Willard) Meyer and brothers-in-law: Clarence Freund, Alex Woelfel, Maurus Meyer, Willbrd Meyer and Ralph Menne.Funeral Services for Elroy will be held at 6:00PM on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at St. Ann Catholic Church, St. Anna. Officiating at the Mass of Christian Burial will be Rev. Patrick Nelson S.D.S., with Deacon Pat Knier assisting. Burial will take place in the church cemetery.The family will greet relatives and friends at church on Tuesday from 3:00PM until 5:45PM when brief family rites will be held. Meiselwitz-Vollstedt Funeral Home, Kiel is assisting the family with funeral arrangement.A special thank you to Cedar Bay Assisted Living, Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center, and Sharon S Richardson Community Hospice for all of their care and support.