Bud Remington

Burton (Bud) J. Remington, 89, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2024 in Mission, Texas. A funeral mass will be said at 1:00 pm, Thursday, May 30, 2024 at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Wichita Falls, Texas. Burial will immediately follow at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Wichita Falls, Texas. A memorial service will be held in Hidden Valley Ranch in Mission, Texas sometime this winter.

Bud was born August 8, 1934 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. His family moved to Pocatello, Idaho; Salem, Oregon; Grants Pass, Oregon and Porterville, California where he met and married Karen Ann Krause.

In 1977 they moved their family to Wichita Falls, Texas where they operated their own business. In the mid 1990’s they fulfilled a life-long dream by selling their house and most of their furniture and belongings and bought a travel trailer and traveled across the country for 10 years. During their travels they came across Hidden Valley Ranch in Mission, Texas where they eventually settled.

After Karen’s death in 2013, Bud reunited with his high school sweetheart, Sallie Carson. They married in 2014.

Bud is preceded in death by his wife of 52 years Karen A. Remington; his parents, Leslie F. and Marie L. Remington and his 2 sisters Joyanne Pease and his twin Lois Claire Remington.

He is survived by his wife, Sallie; his son, Mark of Dallas, Texas; his daughter Debbie Graf and husband Cody, of Georgetown, Texas; 3 grandchildren, Brittany Marcontell and husband Eron; Ashley Parnell and husband Tyler; and Dylan Graf; and 4 great-grandchildren, Jude Marcontell, Gunnar Marcontell, Connor Parnell and Jackson Parnell. He is also survived by 4 step children, Mike Hogan, Katie Hogan, Susie Savino and Jimmy Hogan; his brother-in-law Doyle Krause and wife Eleanor and several nieces and nephews.