On November 29, 2005. Age 79, of Cherry Hill and husband of Mary Louise (nee Brown). Also survived by 4 children: Thomas and his wife Diana, of Nashua, NH, Curtis, of Haddonfield, Frances Laska and her husband Gene of Aiken, SC and Carol Stiles and her husband Albert of Newtown Square, PA, 4 grandchildren: Thomas E. and Alex Auchter and Coley and Elizabeth Stiles, 2 sisters: Joan Kraft of Bethlehem, PA and Judie Pfarr of Milwaukee, WI and 1 brother: John Auchter of Trinity, FL.
Born May 16, 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he moved to Haddonfield, NJ, in 1940. After high school, served 2 ½ years in the US Army with the 706th Tank Battalion in the Philippine Islands and at General MacArthur's Headquarters in Tokyo.
Graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1950 and Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1951. Worked in public accounting and banking before joining the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) in 1961. For the next 30 years, Mr. Auchter served as Director of Finance and Treasurer of the DRPA, overseeing its financial and accounting activities including the issuance of approximately $1 billion in bonds to pay for construction of the Betsy Ross and Commodore Barry bridges and the PATCO High Speed Line. At the time of his retirement in 1991, the DRPA held nearly $80 million earmarked for the painting and repaving of the Ben Franklin and Walt Whitman bridges.
Tom participated in the organization of and was a director of the Delaware Valley National Bank. He was also a director of Inter-Boro Savings and Loan Association until its merger into Hudson United Bank. Tom was a wine expert and among his other accomplishments in that field he established the Sous Commanderie d'Haddonfield of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin and served as its Grand Sénéchal from 1976 until 2001. He was a member of the Union League, Tavistock Country Club, Seaview Country Club, the Surf City Yacht Club, the University of Notre Dame Foundation, and was a founding member of the Marian Council 3784 of the Knights of Columbus in 1954. Tom generously served the local community in many ways. He was President of the Camden County Council of the Boy Scouts of America for 5 years and in recognition of that service, was honored with the Silver Beaver Award. He was a State Vice President for the NJ Jaycees and was recognized as their "Young Man of the Year." He also led fund- raising efforts in support of the Lawnside Historical Society. Other organizations in which he was greatly involved included the YMCA, and the Camden Home for Children.
His funeral Memorial Mass was at Christ the King R.C. Church, 200 Windsor Ave., Haddonfield, NJ.
Born May 16, 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he moved to Haddonfield, NJ, in 1940. After high school, served 2 ½ years in the US Army with the 706th Tank Battalion in the Philippine Islands and at General MacArthur's Headquarters in Tokyo.
Graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1950 and Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1951. Worked in public accounting and banking before joining the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) in 1961. For the next 30 years, Mr. Auchter served as Director of Finance and Treasurer of the DRPA, overseeing its financial and accounting activities including the issuance of approximately $1 billion in bonds to pay for construction of the Betsy Ross and Commodore Barry bridges and the PATCO High Speed Line. At the time of his retirement in 1991, the DRPA held nearly $80 million earmarked for the painting and repaving of the Ben Franklin and Walt Whitman bridges.
Tom participated in the organization of and was a director of the Delaware Valley National Bank. He was also a director of Inter-Boro Savings and Loan Association until its merger into Hudson United Bank. Tom was a wine expert and among his other accomplishments in that field he established the Sous Commanderie d'Haddonfield of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin and served as its Grand Sénéchal from 1976 until 2001. He was a member of the Union League, Tavistock Country Club, Seaview Country Club, the Surf City Yacht Club, the University of Notre Dame Foundation, and was a founding member of the Marian Council 3784 of the Knights of Columbus in 1954. Tom generously served the local community in many ways. He was President of the Camden County Council of the Boy Scouts of America for 5 years and in recognition of that service, was honored with the Silver Beaver Award. He was a State Vice President for the NJ Jaycees and was recognized as their "Young Man of the Year." He also led fund- raising efforts in support of the Lawnside Historical Society. Other organizations in which he was greatly involved included the YMCA, and the Camden Home for Children.
His funeral Memorial Mass was at Christ the King R.C. Church, 200 Windsor Ave., Haddonfield, NJ.
On November 29, 2005. Age 79, of Cherry Hill and husband of Mary Louise (nee Brown). Also survived by 4 children: Thomas and his wife Diana, of Nashua, NH, Curtis, of Haddonfield, Frances Laska and her husband Gene of Aiken, SC and Carol Stiles and her husband Albert of Newtown Square, PA, 4 grandchildren: Thomas E. and Alex Auchter and Coley and Elizabeth Stiles, 2 sisters: Joan Kraft of Bethlehem, PA and Judie Pfarr of Milwaukee, WI and 1 brother: John Auchter of Trinity, FL.
Born May 16, 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he moved to Haddonfield, NJ, in 1940. After high school, served 2 ½ years in the US Army with the 706th Tank Battalion in the Philippine Islands and at General MacArthur's Headquarters in Tokyo.
Graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1950 and Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1951. Worked in public accounting and banking before joining the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) in 1961. For the next 30 years, Mr. Auchter served as Director of Finance and Treasurer of the DRPA, overseeing its financial and accounting activities including the issuance of approximately $1 billion in bonds to pay for construction of the Betsy Ross and Commodore Barry bridges and the PATCO High Speed Line. At the time of his retirement in 1991, the DRPA held nearly $80 million earmarked for the painting and repaving of the Ben Franklin and Walt Whitman bridges.
Tom participated in the organization of and was a director of the Delaware Valley National Bank. He was also a director of Inter-Boro Savings and Loan Association until its merger into Hudson United Bank. Tom was a wine expert and among his other accomplishments in that field he established the Sous Commanderie d'Haddonfield of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin and served as its Grand Sénéchal from 1976 until 2001. He was a member of the Union League, Tavistock Country Club, Seaview Country Club, the Surf City Yacht Club, the University of Notre Dame Foundation, and was a founding member of the Marian Council 3784 of the Knights of Columbus in 1954. Tom generously served the local community in many ways. He was President of the Camden County Council of the Boy Scouts of America for 5 years and in recognition of that service, was honored with the Silver Beaver Award. He was a State Vice President for the NJ Jaycees and was recognized as their "Young Man of the Year." He also led fund- raising efforts in support of the Lawnside Historical Society. Other organizations in which he was greatly involved included the YMCA, and the Camden Home for Children.
His funeral Memorial Mass was at Christ the King R.C. Church, 200 Windsor Ave., Haddonfield, NJ.
Born May 16, 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he moved to Haddonfield, NJ, in 1940. After high school, served 2 ½ years in the US Army with the 706th Tank Battalion in the Philippine Islands and at General MacArthur's Headquarters in Tokyo.
Graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1950 and Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1951. Worked in public accounting and banking before joining the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) in 1961. For the next 30 years, Mr. Auchter served as Director of Finance and Treasurer of the DRPA, overseeing its financial and accounting activities including the issuance of approximately $1 billion in bonds to pay for construction of the Betsy Ross and Commodore Barry bridges and the PATCO High Speed Line. At the time of his retirement in 1991, the DRPA held nearly $80 million earmarked for the painting and repaving of the Ben Franklin and Walt Whitman bridges.
Tom participated in the organization of and was a director of the Delaware Valley National Bank. He was also a director of Inter-Boro Savings and Loan Association until its merger into Hudson United Bank. Tom was a wine expert and among his other accomplishments in that field he established the Sous Commanderie d'Haddonfield of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin and served as its Grand Sénéchal from 1976 until 2001. He was a member of the Union League, Tavistock Country Club, Seaview Country Club, the Surf City Yacht Club, the University of Notre Dame Foundation, and was a founding member of the Marian Council 3784 of the Knights of Columbus in 1954. Tom generously served the local community in many ways. He was President of the Camden County Council of the Boy Scouts of America for 5 years and in recognition of that service, was honored with the Silver Beaver Award. He was a State Vice President for the NJ Jaycees and was recognized as their "Young Man of the Year." He also led fund- raising efforts in support of the Lawnside Historical Society. Other organizations in which he was greatly involved included the YMCA, and the Camden Home for Children.
His funeral Memorial Mass was at Christ the King R.C. Church, 200 Windsor Ave., Haddonfield, NJ.
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