Arthur Charles "Bud" Strickler Sr
December 27, 1924 — December 21, 2009
Arthur Charles “Bud” Strickler of Eureka, Kansas died on December 21, 2009, at Galachia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 84.
Bud was born on December 27, 1924 in Eureka, Kansas the son of John H. and Clara M. (Moor) Strickler. He was raised in Eureka attending school in Climax and Honey Creek Dist #62. After his schooling he worked as a farmer, county worker and drove a truck for Becker and Inland Corporation in Towanda. After his retirement he moved back to Eureka.
On August 17, 1942 he was united in marriage to Mildred V. Knight. She preceded him in death on December 30, 2001.
He is survived by three sons, Arthur C. Strickler, Jr. of Cunningham, Kansas; and Edward and Rocky Strickler, both of Eureka, Kansas; one sister, Edna Dewiggins of Vallejo, California; ten grandchildren; and eighteen great-grandchildren.
Bud was preceded in death by his wife, parents, one grandson and one sister.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, December 24, 2009, at Koup Family Funeral Home with Pastor Alan Hunter of the Jefferson Street Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow in South Lawn Cemetery, Severy, Kansas.
Memorials have been established in his name to the Jefferson Street Baptist Church and the Eureka Senior Center. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
Bud was born on December 27, 1924 in Eureka, Kansas the son of John H. and Clara M. (Moor) Strickler. He was raised in Eureka attending school in Climax and Honey Creek Dist #62. After his schooling he worked as a farmer, county worker and drove a truck for Becker and Inland Corporation in Towanda. After his retirement he moved back to Eureka.
On August 17, 1942 he was united in marriage to Mildred V. Knight. She preceded him in death on December 30, 2001.
He is survived by three sons, Arthur C. Strickler, Jr. of Cunningham, Kansas; and Edward and Rocky Strickler, both of Eureka, Kansas; one sister, Edna Dewiggins of Vallejo, California; ten grandchildren; and eighteen great-grandchildren.
Bud was preceded in death by his wife, parents, one grandson and one sister.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, December 24, 2009, at Koup Family Funeral Home with Pastor Alan Hunter of the Jefferson Street Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow in South Lawn Cemetery, Severy, Kansas.
Memorials have been established in his name to the Jefferson Street Baptist Church and the Eureka Senior Center. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
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