IN BUD'S NAME
Memorial Fund
Before Bud passed away on Dec 19, 2023, he ensured a generous donation for the Humane Society of Sheboygan County. Please support Bud’s HSSC Memorial Fund for Cats…in memory of his blind kitty Edward and all the other cats who need a forever home. BE SURE TO NOTE "BUD PAZUR FUND" in the "Tribute Name" field. THANK YOU!
Mississippi Delta 2006
It changed his life
A promotional poster of an old Delta bluesman with a National steel guitar in his lap grabbed his attention. Seeing Son House live on campus at Penn State in 1967 changed his life.
Bud's Mass of the Resurrection
Watch a recording of Bud's Mass
To view Bud's Mass of the Resurrection on January 18, 2024, click the grey button below and then scroll down on the page until you see the image like this screenshot on the left. Note there are two dropdown items to view—Visitation and Funeral (or Mass), so click on the second one.
Participants in the Mass include:
PROCESSIONAL: Siblings Jim Pazur and Marysue Pazur Kovach
READING 1: S. Mark Bettag, M.D., Bud's oncologist
READING 2: Niece and godchild Loli Pazur Valento
PRESENTATION OF GIFTS: Brother Jim Pazur and wife Ann
EULOGY: Denise Leisz Pazur
RECESSIONAL: Sibling Paula Pazur Balogh and niece Ribeka Kovach Danhires
CELEBRANT: Fr. Paul Fliss
HOLY CARD IN MEMORY OF BUD
Bud writes about his mom's unconditional love for him
Bud and his beloved mother, circa 1972 in his hometown of McKeesport, PA. He was her firstborn child.
Bud wrote this testament to his mother's love on Dec 3, 1997 while stranded at O'Hare in Chicago.
His mother had died in her sleep three years earlier.