Obituaries
Carbon Valley Farmer & Miner (CO)
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Ray “Bud” Benedict
Ray “Bud” Benedict, 86, of Weslaco, Texas, died at his home April 15, 2012.
Bud was born Aug. 30, 1925. He graduated from Brighton High School in 1943 and served in the U. S. Navy as a sonarman aboard the YMS 425 during World War II.
After the war, he attended the University of Colorado and later Denver University where he majored in business administration. He married Marcet Howard in 1947, settling back in Brighton. During the 1950s and 1960s, Bud was active in the Brighton Chamber of Commerce and the Brighton Volunteer Fire Department, where he served as chief.
Bud moved to Vail in 1967 where he was a real estate broker, managed a number of condominium complexes and was active in the city council.
Bud retired in 1987 and began splitting his time between Buffalo Creek and Port Ludlow, Wash., where he and Marcet spent much of their time sailing the West Coast and Alaska. In 2011, the Benedicts moved to Weslaco, Texas.
Bud is survived by his wife; his sons, Ron Benedict, of West Richland, Wash., Tracy Benedict, of Ketchikan, Alaska, and Roger Benedict, of Vail; and daughter, Claudia Ehrlich, of South Padre Island, Texas.
Bud was born Aug. 30, 1925. He graduated from Brighton High School in 1943 and served in the U. S. Navy as a sonarman aboard the YMS 425 during World War II.
After the war, he attended the University of Colorado and later Denver University where he majored in business administration. He married Marcet Howard in 1947, settling back in Brighton. During the 1950s and 1960s, Bud was active in the Brighton Chamber of Commerce and the Brighton Volunteer Fire Department, where he served as chief.
Bud moved to Vail in 1967 where he was a real estate broker, managed a number of condominium complexes and was active in the city council.
Bud retired in 1987 and began splitting his time between Buffalo Creek and Port Ludlow, Wash., where he and Marcet spent much of their time sailing the West Coast and Alaska. In 2011, the Benedicts moved to Weslaco, Texas.
Bud is survived by his wife; his sons, Ron Benedict, of West Richland, Wash., Tracy Benedict, of Ketchikan, Alaska, and Roger Benedict, of Vail; and daughter, Claudia Ehrlich, of South Padre Island, Texas.