B. D. "Bud" Hunter
1930-2017
B. D. "Bud" Hunter, founder of Amedco Inc. passed away on Sunday, the 14th of May 2017. The company manufactured burial supplies for funeral homes, made wheelchairs and other medical devices, and eventually expanded into the steel business to later become the second largest manufacturer of burial caskets in the world. He was born on the 28th of February 1930, raised in Wilson Town, Missouri, near Kirksville, and attended high school in Brashear, MO.
A more specific and detailed notice will appear in Sunday's edition.
A memorial service will be held at eleven o'clock in the morning on Wednesday, the 24th of May 2017, in the Jasek Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
Immediately following, all are invited to share remembrances of "Bud" during a reception to be held in the adjacent grand foyer.