Raymond Leroy Dudden, age 94, passed away on June 21, 2018 from complications of a stroke in Edinburg, TX where he has resided for the past two years. Raymond was born July 12, 1924 in Venango, Nebraska, to the late Barney and Belle Dudden. He is preceded in death by his brothers, Garrett B. Dudden and Orville J. Dudden; his sisters, Alis Bellairs and Berdena Sattler; and survived by his sister, Christine Rosenbach. Raymond is survived by most of his 15 nieces and nephews and their many children.
He is also preceded in death by his wife Patricia Hubbard Dudden (2002) and his wife Marilyn Darlington (Van Demon) Dudden (1962) and his two sons, Cary M. Dudden (1975) and Fredrick I. Dudden (2012). He is survived by his three grandchildren, Laura M. Dudden, her son Julian, of Golden, CO; Philip Dudden, his two children, Skyla and River, and wife, Casey, of Northglen, CO; and Amber Dudden and her three children; and his sons’ wives, Rosalind Farnam Dudden, Pat Allburn Dudden, and Tony Dudden Schwartz.
Raymond served in World War II, first as a Merchant Marine and then as a member of the Army of Occupation in Japan and China. He was a proud veteran and participated in American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) events.
Raymond lived in the Denver area from the 60s while farming in the summer in Nebraska and supervising harvest crews on the Great Plains. From the 1970s, he farmed in the Champion and Imperial areas of Nebraska. In 2002 he moved to Texas while still going to Nebraska to work on his nephews’ farms in the Venango area in the summer. He was valued part of a large family that keep in touch in the Venango area with family celebrations.
Memorials for Raymond will be held at 1:30 pm on April 27, 2019 at Mount Lindo and on Memorial Day, May 27, at the Venango, NE, cemetery. Contact Rosalind or Laura Dudden for more information. ([email protected]; [email protected])
In lieu of flowers, please donate to the American Legion Post #270 in Venango, NE. Send donations to Dave Deden, 29794 County Road 6, Venango, NE 69168. Checks would be made out to the American Legion Post #270.
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