Aldric J. Carpenter

He was a truck driver from the age of 18, he drove for R D Lewis Banana Company in

Fowler and drove to New Orleans. That job didn’t last very long and he started driving a

bus for Fort Lyon. Sometimes he would haul kids to and from school, his boss took him

out to show him the route he would be driving. That day is when he met Emily. There

were no seats open on the bus so he had Emily sit on his lap. Apparently he asked her out

on a date a couple of weeks later and she accepted they went to a dance at Holbrook

Lake. That was in February 1948 and they got married in October of that year.

On October 15, 1948, my dad and mother eloped to Raton, New Mexico to get married.

Their best friends Wendell and Bobby Ormiston stood up for them.

Bud started driving a truck for Wright Motor Lines out of Rocky Ford from 1950 to

1966. He started out with one truck and then two more. He drove one and hired two

other guys to drive for him. One of the gentleman was Julian Baca who remained a life

long friend.

In 1968 my bud and Emily moved to Denver to run a trucking business with his brother

Jack. Afterward Bud started driving a tour bus, taking people skiing, and showing them

the sites around town. Then the owner of the bus company decided to sell it and that is

when Bud started work for King Soopers as a truck driver. He would haul meat and

produce to all the stores on his route.

In 1979 Bud suffered a heart attack followed by surgery. Emily busied herself as care

giver from then on. In a few years they moved to Pueblo West. Shortly after they moved

they got involved with the Eagles. Bud became President of the Eagles, attending

conferences including the National Eagles Convention in New York City.

His hobbies were fishing and watching sports on TV (Denver Broncos, Rockies and

watching the little leagues). Thou he tried golf it wasn't to his liking.

In 2010 they moved back to Denver to be closer to their daughter and family.

Bud is preceded in death by his loving wife Emily of 65 years of marriage, his parents

Ulmont and Ellen Carpenter, his sisters Helen (John) Weaver, Alberta (Paul) Hogue, and

Fern (Pete) Miller.

He is survived by his daughter Diana, son-in-law David, his grandson Joe and wife Rosa,

his granddaughter Gina and husband Lee and three great-grandchilden Jordan, Rylan and

Damien. His sister Kay (Dan) Tracy, brother Jack (Elsie) Carpenter, sisters-in-law Judy

(Rich) Rasmussen, Alta Mae Brown, Evelyn Brown and numerous nieces and nephews.

Arrangements under the direction of Olinger Highland Mortuary & Cemetery, Thornton, CO.