James LeRoy Buddingh, age 90 years, a resident of Parsons, WV, departed this life early Monday morning, August 12, 2024, at the Davis Medical Center.
He was born Saturday, March 24, 1934, at Kent County, Michigan on a farm, a son of the late Fredrick Rudolph Buddingh and Carol Evelyn Vanzee Buddingh. On June 13, 1993, at Glen Bernie, MD, he was married to the former Margaret Eleanor Bell, who survives.
Also surviving are one son, James Mathew Buddingh and wife Jenay, all of California; three daughters, Carla Jean Buddingh, Daliah Ann Buckley and Pamela Lynn Kolat and husband Bulant, all of California; one step-son, Douglas Clay Rhodes and wife “Angel” of VA; two step-daughters, Rebecca Ann Kimes and husband Bill of MD, and Sherill Lynn Teung and husband John of FL; two sisters, Carol Ahern and Dorothy Fjeld and husband Jack, all of Santa Anna, California; four grandchildren, one great grandchild; twelve step-grandchildren; seventeen step-great grandchildren; and several step-great great grandchild.
Preceding him in death are one son, Mark Wade Buddingh; one step-son, Rocky Allen Rhodes of Md, and one brother, Jan Karl Buddingh; and one sister, Nancy Sue Buccieri.
He was a graduate of Amphitheater High School of Tuscan, Arizona, with the class of 1952 He was a Veteran of the United States Army, serving during the Korean Conflict. He attended the Acme School for Tool & Die Engineer in 1962, where he also taught for a couple of years. He then went on to Orange County Junior College. He was a Dairyman, served in the military, was a Technical Illustrator and worked for a contractor as an Art Director for the U.S. Navy, when he retired. He was a member of the Union Chapel Church at Brushy Fork. He loved to paint, draw pictures and play the guitar and sing.
The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, WV on Thursday, August 15, 2024, from 10 AM until 11 AM. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home on Thursday at 11 AM. The Reverend James Snyder will officiate and interment will follow at the Parsons City Cemetery at Parsons, WV, where full military honors will be accorded by members of the WV Army National Guard Honor Guard Program, the Tucker County Veterans Association and the Tygarts Valley Post # 3647, Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for James LeRoy Buddingh. Condolences may be expressed to the family at; www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.
