Raymond Dudden

    Raymond Leroy Dudden, age 94, died June 21, 2018, from complications of a stroke in Edinburg, Texas, where he has resided for the past two years. Raymond was born July 12, 1924, in Venango, Nebraska, to Barney and Belle Dudden.
    Raymond served in World War II, first as a merchant marine and then as a member of the Army of Occupation in Japan and China. He was a proud veteran and participated in VFW events.
    Raymond lived in the Denver area in the ’60s while farming in the summer in Nebraska and supervising harvest crews on the Great Plains. From the 1970s, he farmed in the Champion and Imperial areas of Nebraska. In 2002, he moved to Texas while still going to Nebraska to work on his nephews’ farms in the Venango area in the summer. He was a valued part of a large family that kept in touch in the Venango area with family celebrations.
    He was preceded in death by his wives, Patricia Hubbard Dudden (2002) and Marilyn Darlington (Van Demon) Dudden (1962); sons, Cary M. Dudden (1975) and Fredrick I. Dudden (2012); parents, Barney and Belle Dudden; brothers, Garrett B. Dudden and Orville J. Dudden; and sisters, Alis Bellairs and Berdena Sattler.
    He is survived by his three grandchildren, Laura M. Dudden and her son Julian of Golden, Philip Dudden and wife Casey and two children Skyla and River of Northglenn, and Amber Dudden and her three children; his son’s wives, Rosalind Farnam Dudden, Pat Allburn Dudden and Tony Dudden Schwartz; sister, Christine Rosenbach; and most of his 15 nieces and nephews and their many children.
    A memorial for Raymond will be held at a later date, most likely on Memorial Day in Venango.