Melville William HUGHES

HUGHES, CLACK, MAJEED, MORRISSEY, DOUDNA, SHORT

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/16/2014 at 14:56:43

April 7, 1914 --- December 9, 1988

Melville William "Bud" Hughes, 84, a lifetime resident of Clear Lake, Iowa, died of natural causes Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1998. Funeral services were held Saturday, Dec. 12 at the First Congregational Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Thomas Healey officiating. Memorials may be made to the First Congregational Church Endowment Fund.

Bud was born in Clear Lake on April 7, 1914, the son of Melville P. and Celia Clack Hughes, and dedicated his life to family and service to the community and church. Bud's grandparents settled in Clear Lake in the mid-1800s. Bud was active in the Boy Scouts. He earned Eagle Scout in 1930; the Silver Beaver, Scouter's Key, and the Explorer Silver Award in 1958; and the Order of the Arrow Vigil Honor in 1961. Bud served as first scoutmaster for Troop 199 at Opportunity Village in 1981. His oldest scout was 70. Bud attended the First Congregational Church founded by his great-grandfather, Elder Wood, and was a member of the Boards of Trustees and Deacons for many years. He gave the keynote address at the third annual meeting of the National Association of Congregational-Christian Churches in Hartford, Conn.

Bud was an active business man supporter of Clear Lake his entire life. He served on the Clear Lake School Board from 1947 to 1953, was honored as Clear Lake's Man of the Year in 1951 for serving as General Chairman of the Clear Lake Centennial, and was a long time member of the Clear Lake Noon Lions Club where he received the Melvin Jones Award, the highest award given in the Lions organization. In 1984, Bud was honored with the Iowa Governor's Volunteer Award.

Bud married Lois Padelford in 1939 [in Clarion, Iowa]. He is survived by four sons, Melville P. "Duke" Hughes and his wife, RoseMarie; Justin R. Hughes and his wife, Joyce; Alan D. Hughes and his wife, Salimah Majeed; and Craig B. Hughes and his wife, Barbara; one brother, Dick Hughes and his wife, Joan; four sisters Mary Ann Hughes, Clear Lake, Elizabeth Morrissey, Edina, Minn., Margaret Doudna, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Katherine Short; 11 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and countless children of all ages touched by his tireless devotion to service. He was preceded in death by his parents; and wife, Lois, in 1989.

Mason City Globe-Gazette -- Mason City, Iowa
December 1988