Clarence "Bud" Everly Jr.

There will be funeral services at 11 A.M. Monday Sept 26, 2011 at Sweeney-Dodds Funeral Home with Pastor Bob Davis officiating. Clarence (Bud) Marshall Everly Jr. 81, passed away at 6:35 A.M Thursday, Sept. 22 at Trinity West in Steubenville. He was born Feb. 4, 1930 in Keyser, W.Va to Clarence and Lois Everly Sr.. Bud graduated from Springfield High School in 1948. He worked for his father at the Everly Septic Tank Co. until he built his own excavating business. Dad was a historian at heart and was proud of his roots. He made it a life long goal to share that heritage with us children. He loved the people and town he lived in and once served as the Amsterdam Chief of Police, member of the volunteer fire dept, Odd Fellows, Moose and Masons. Throughout his life, Dad had many interests. He sang with his siblings, played saxophone in the U.S. Air Force band and performed with the Joe Matuska Orchestra. He was an avid hunter and fisherman not limiting himself to local game he hunted bear in Canada to rounded up rattlesnakes in the Appalachian Mtns. and Texas, even deep sea fishing in the Outer Banks. His other great passions were flying his ultralight and riding his red scooter about town. He was often seen either tipping his wings to the folks below or waving a "Hi" as he rode by. Our father loved and lived life to its fullest. He never met a stranger and will be missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his 6 children: Gary (Linda Grimes) Everly, Larry (Lori Libb) Everly, Heidi (James) Everly-Kuzemchak-Sturgeon, Wendy (David) Everly-Byard, Brenda (Barry) Everly-Stearns, Tina (Scott) Everly-Pilkington-Poe; 2 sisters Ellen Joy Barry and Mary Katherine (Joseph) Webb, sister-in-law Rosemary Everly; 32 grandchildren: Jacques Everly, Andrea Libb-Bouslough (Joel), Danielle Libb-Griffin (Joseph), Terah (Jeremiah) Kuzemchak-Andrews, Fr. Joseph (Aron) Kuzemchak, Nicholaus (Lindsay) Kuzemchak, Tanya (Vic) Sturgeon-Winn, Lisa (Paul) Sturgeon-Porter, Doug (Carrie) Sturgeon, Sam and Rachael Byard, Kristi (Andrew) Stearns-Hughey, Stephanie (Blake) Stearns-Kozma, Jessica, Kimberly, Michael, Rebecca and Matthew Stearns, Catherine Pilkington, Grace Poe, Sarah, Taylor, Trevor and Emma Poe; 17 great-grandchildren: Halie Hostetter, Joanna, Anna and Mark Andrews, Sophia Kuzemchak, Andrew Winn, Luke, Natalina and Cole Porter, Hunter and Logan Sturgeon, Hayden, Reagan, Jameson and Cameron Hughey, Caleb Kozma, Rylee Bullen and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Lois Everly Sr., his brother Richard Everly Sr., brother-in-law Donald Barry, granddaughter Jennifer Everly, niece Cathy Barry and his first love and mother of his children D. Catherine Everly-Workman. Family will receive friends from 4-8 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Fort Steuben Cemetery in Wintersville with Military Honors.

Clarence "Bud" Everly Jr.

February 4, 1930 - September 22, 2011