Submitted by: Gerald D. Hobson

From the

South Bend Tribune

South Bend, Indiana

(St. Joseph County)

Thursday, May 26, 1983

Richard Barhydt Jr.

Richard (Bud) Barhydt Jr., 57, of 14520 Kitsch, died at 9:50 p.m. Wednesday at home after a 13-month illness.  Born in Mishawaka on Feb. 13, 1926, he was a lifelong area resident.  He retired on Jan. 1 after 40 years of employment at Uniroyal Inc.  On Jan. 9, 1948, in Mishawaka, he married the former Betty Beghtel, who survives.

Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Karla John of South Bend; two sons, Kurt and Kent Barhydt, both of Mishawaka; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Elvin (Lorene) Hoefle of Three Rivers and Mrs. Gene (Maxine) Eberhart of Scottsdale, Ariz.; two brothers, Jack and Joe Barhydt, both of Mishawaka, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barhydt Sr. of Mishawaka.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Twin City Baptist Church.  Rev. Michael Randall, pastor, will officiate, assisted by Rev. Scott Weaver, pastor of Ireland Road Grace Brethren Church.  Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park.  Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday in the Bubb Funeral Chapel.  A member of Twin City Baptist Church, he was a veteran of World War II.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of St. Joseph County.