\t\t\tDavid K. Bausch \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
David K. Bausch, 94, of Allentown, a foremost collector of antique automobiles, automobilia and auto related ephemera, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at Above and Beyond in Allentown. Born in Allentown, he was the son of the late Dr. Elmer and Winifred Bausch. He was a graduate of Allentown High School, earned his Bachelor\u2019s Degree, and was a Sergeant Major in the United States Air Force Medical Corps. David was a Lehigh County Executive, serving 4 terms for a total of 18 years. He previously had a distinguished career as a hospital administrator and at Cedarbrook Nursing Home. David was the founder of Lehigh County Meals on Wheels and Lehigh County Department of the Aging. He sat on several boards including America on Wheels, Century Fund, Community Foundation, Lehigh County Historical Society, Allentown Health Board, PAL, Liberty Bell Shrine and Antique Toy Collectors of America.<\/p>\n
\nDavid was once asked to sponsor a high school foreign exchange student for a few days until they could find a replacement host family for the student. After meeting the student, David called the organization back and told them the student could remain with him. From then on he hosted a foreign exchange student for 17 years.<\/p>\n
\nDavid has been involved in the Antique Automobile World since he was a teenager. Various parts of his collection have been featured in national trade periodicals and newspapers and he authored dozens of articles relating to the topics of his collectibles. David was constantly called upon to lecture on the automobile, automobilia and automotive toy collecting. His private collection was considered a \u201cMust Visit\u201d for any collector in his field. As a result, he welcomed hundreds of visitors a year, ranging from school children to international collectors to his home.<\/p>\n
\nHe was a former manager of the Macungie Toy Show, which is a part of the Das Awkscht Fescht that David was a co-founder of. A typical show featured toy dealers from across the United States. The first Saturday in November was always reserved for the Allentown Toy Show, a leading American Toy Show that he managed with Ray Holland and Joe Freeman.<\/p>\n
\nThroughout the years David was recognized for his commitment to his community including the Good Shepherd Raker Memorial Award, Silver Lamb Award (Boy Scouts), Service to Mankind Award (Sertoma Club), Freedom Foundation Award and the Citizenship Medal (Sons and Daughter of the American Revolution).<\/p>\n
\nServices: 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at Bachman, Kulik & Reinsmith Funeral Home, 17th & Hamilton Streets, Allentown. A viewing will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. Interment in St. Peter\u2019s Union Church Cemetery in New Tripoli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David K. Bausch OBITUARY David K. Bausch, 94, of Allentown, a foremost collector of antique automobiles, automobilia and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-314051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}