1937
Bud
2016
Bud Evans Griffith
May 1, 1937 — July 26, 2016
BUD GRIFFITH WAS BORN IN GRANTS PASS, OREGON ON MAY 1, 1937 TO WILLIAM LEOLA (ALBRIGHT) GRIFFITH. BUD PASSED AWAY JULY 26, 2016 IN PORTLAND, OREGON. THE GRIFFITH FAMILY MOVED TO PORTLAND IN 1944.
THERE, BUD TOOK UP THE VIOLIN AND WAS THE SOLOIST AT A NUMBER OF RECITALS DURING GRADE SCHOOL. AT JEFFERSON HIGH, HE CONTINUED HIS MUSIC APPRECIATION AND IN ADDITION TO THE VIOLIN , HE PICKED UP THE CORONET.
AFTER GRADUATION, BUD JOINED THE NAVY AND SERVED HONORABLY
FOR SIX YEARS. HE SERVED ON 14 DIFFERENT SHIPS. IN 1959, BUD FELL INTO THE HOLD OF A SHIP AND SUFFERED NUMEROUS INJURIES. BUD SPENT SIX MONTHS IN THE TRIPLER MEDICAL CENTER IN HONOLULU. IN 1964, BUD SERVED IN VIETNAM ON A GUNBOAT ON THE MEKONG RIVER RUNNING SUPPLIES TO THE TROOPS AT CHU LI AND RECEIVED THE VIETNAM RIBBON. IN 1966 BUD ENDED HIS ENLISTMENT IN THE NAVY AND JOINED THE MERCHANT MARINES. IN THE NEXT SIX YEARS, HE WOULD MAKE 25 CROSSINGS OF THE PACIFIC, SOME IN THE WAR ZONE WHERE HE WOULD RECEIVE DOUBLE PAY. BUD LEFT THE MERCHANT MARINES IN 1972 AND RETURNED TO CIVILIAN LIFE.
AS A CIVILIAN BUD WAS LIMITED IN JOB OPPORTUNITIES, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE INJURIES HE SUFFERED IN 1959. HE HELD VARIOUS JANITORIAL JOBS BUT NOT FOR ANY LENGTH FROM 1972 TO 1992. MOST OF THIS TIME BUD LIVED WITH HIS FOLKS UNTIL THEY PASSED AWAY IN 1985. AFTER 1992, DARLENE GRIFFITH BECAME HIS TRUSTEE AND MADE SURE BUD WAS BEING TAKEN CARE OF. GOD BLESS.
BUD'S SISTER, DONNA LAPE, PREDECEASED HIM IN 2005. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS TWO CHILDREN, RICHARD GRIFFITH AND RENAE MURRAY, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, SARAH, KELSEY, SAPPHIRA, AND KEENAN, ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD, JULIA, TWO BROTHERS, BILL AND BOB, AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
THE FAMILY WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF OF HARVEST HOMES FOR SEVEN YEARS OF LOVING CARE THEY GAVE TO BUD AND TO HOUSE CALL PROVIDERS HOSPICE IN HIS FINAL DAYS.
PRIVATE SERVICES HELD AT WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY, AUGUST 8, 2016, AT 12:30 P.M. WITH GUN SALUTE, PRESENTATION OF FLAG, TAPS AND EULOGY GIVEN BY NEPHEW JEROME LAPE, PRAYER LED BY NEPHEW, THOMAS GRIFFITH.
THERE, BUD TOOK UP THE VIOLIN AND WAS THE SOLOIST AT A NUMBER OF RECITALS DURING GRADE SCHOOL. AT JEFFERSON HIGH, HE CONTINUED HIS MUSIC APPRECIATION AND IN ADDITION TO THE VIOLIN , HE PICKED UP THE CORONET.
AFTER GRADUATION, BUD JOINED THE NAVY AND SERVED HONORABLY
FOR SIX YEARS. HE SERVED ON 14 DIFFERENT SHIPS. IN 1959, BUD FELL INTO THE HOLD OF A SHIP AND SUFFERED NUMEROUS INJURIES. BUD SPENT SIX MONTHS IN THE TRIPLER MEDICAL CENTER IN HONOLULU. IN 1964, BUD SERVED IN VIETNAM ON A GUNBOAT ON THE MEKONG RIVER RUNNING SUPPLIES TO THE TROOPS AT CHU LI AND RECEIVED THE VIETNAM RIBBON. IN 1966 BUD ENDED HIS ENLISTMENT IN THE NAVY AND JOINED THE MERCHANT MARINES. IN THE NEXT SIX YEARS, HE WOULD MAKE 25 CROSSINGS OF THE PACIFIC, SOME IN THE WAR ZONE WHERE HE WOULD RECEIVE DOUBLE PAY. BUD LEFT THE MERCHANT MARINES IN 1972 AND RETURNED TO CIVILIAN LIFE.
AS A CIVILIAN BUD WAS LIMITED IN JOB OPPORTUNITIES, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE INJURIES HE SUFFERED IN 1959. HE HELD VARIOUS JANITORIAL JOBS BUT NOT FOR ANY LENGTH FROM 1972 TO 1992. MOST OF THIS TIME BUD LIVED WITH HIS FOLKS UNTIL THEY PASSED AWAY IN 1985. AFTER 1992, DARLENE GRIFFITH BECAME HIS TRUSTEE AND MADE SURE BUD WAS BEING TAKEN CARE OF. GOD BLESS.
BUD'S SISTER, DONNA LAPE, PREDECEASED HIM IN 2005. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS TWO CHILDREN, RICHARD GRIFFITH AND RENAE MURRAY, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, SARAH, KELSEY, SAPPHIRA, AND KEENAN, ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD, JULIA, TWO BROTHERS, BILL AND BOB, AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
THE FAMILY WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF OF HARVEST HOMES FOR SEVEN YEARS OF LOVING CARE THEY GAVE TO BUD AND TO HOUSE CALL PROVIDERS HOSPICE IN HIS FINAL DAYS.
PRIVATE SERVICES HELD AT WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY, AUGUST 8, 2016, AT 12:30 P.M. WITH GUN SALUTE, PRESENTATION OF FLAG, TAPS AND EULOGY GIVEN BY NEPHEW JEROME LAPE, PRAYER LED BY NEPHEW, THOMAS GRIFFITH.
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