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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Lyman
Pudwill
March 27, 1927 – August 31, 2008
Obituary
Lyman "Bud" Pudwill, 81, of Avon
Memorial services for Lyman and his wife Adela will be 10:30 AM, Monday, September 27, 2008 at the Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Chapel in Avon with Father Thury officiating. Burial is in the Baptist Cemetery, rural Avon.
Lyman "Bud" Pudwill was born north of Avon, SD on March 27, 1927, the son of Jacob and Anna (Plaatje) Pudwill. He died August 31, 2008 at St. Michael's Hospital in Tyndall, SD.
Lyman moved with his parents when he was 14 years old to Hot Springs, SD. He finished school there. He was called into the US Navy for WW II. He served aboard the US Maryland B.B. 46 battleship. After the war he was discharged in Bremerton, WA. He worked at Bremerton until he was recalled back into the Navy in 1951 during the Korean War. He served at the US Naval Recruiting Stations in Denver and later San Francisco, where he became ill and was sent to the US Naval Hospital in Mare Island, CA. He was honorably discharged on November 21, 1952. In his tour of duty he earned the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal and the WW II Victory Medal.
Lyman returned to South Dakota and worked as a welder for Hallaway Bridge Co. on the Angostora Dam, Garrison Dam, Oahe Dam, the Gavens Point Dam and the Platte-Winner Bridge. He moved with the company to California where he worked on the Vandenberg Missile Silos. He later returned to Avon and started his own business as a welder.
Lyman married Adela Rodriguez on June 23, 1978 at Zamora, Mexico. They made their home in Avon. Adela died from a brain tumor on December 8, 2007.
Lyman enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting and visiting with friends over a cup of coffee.
Lyman is survived by one brother, Vernon Pudwill of Palm Desert, CA; three sisters: Leola Hornstra of Springfield, SD; Opal Foxley of Santa Maria, CA; and Bernita and husband Ted Sieger of Clermont, FL; a sister-in-law, Frances Pudwill of Tyndall; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Jake and Anna Pudwill; one sister, Sylvia Pudwill; two brothers: Lornie and Arnold and two brothers-in-law, Gary Hornstra and Arlan Foxley.
Memorial services for Lyman and his wife Adela will be 10:30 AM, Monday, September 27, 2008 at the Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Chapel in Avon with Father Thury officiating. Burial is in the Baptist Cemetery, rural Avon.
Lyman "Bud" Pudwill was born north of Avon, SD on March 27, 1927, the son of Jacob and Anna (Plaatje) Pudwill. He died August 31, 2008 at St. Michael's Hospital in Tyndall, SD.
Lyman moved with his parents when he was 14 years old to Hot Springs, SD. He finished school there. He was called into the US Navy for WW II. He served aboard the US Maryland B.B. 46 battleship. After the war he was discharged in Bremerton, WA. He worked at Bremerton until he was recalled back into the Navy in 1951 during the Korean War. He served at the US Naval Recruiting Stations in Denver and later San Francisco, where he became ill and was sent to the US Naval Hospital in Mare Island, CA. He was honorably discharged on November 21, 1952. In his tour of duty he earned the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal and the WW II Victory Medal.
Lyman returned to South Dakota and worked as a welder for Hallaway Bridge Co. on the Angostora Dam, Garrison Dam, Oahe Dam, the Gavens Point Dam and the Platte-Winner Bridge. He moved with the company to California where he worked on the Vandenberg Missile Silos. He later returned to Avon and started his own business as a welder.
Lyman married Adela Rodriguez on June 23, 1978 at Zamora, Mexico. They made their home in Avon. Adela died from a brain tumor on December 8, 2007.
Lyman enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting and visiting with friends over a cup of coffee.
Lyman is survived by one brother, Vernon Pudwill of Palm Desert, CA; three sisters: Leola Hornstra of Springfield, SD; Opal Foxley of Santa Maria, CA; and Bernita and husband Ted Sieger of Clermont, FL; a sister-in-law, Frances Pudwill of Tyndall; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Jake and Anna Pudwill; one sister, Sylvia Pudwill; two brothers: Lornie and Arnold and two brothers-in-law, Gary Hornstra and Arlan Foxley.
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