Elmer Derious “Bud” Stewart, 90, lost his battle with cancer on September 19, 2017.

Bud was cremated and he and his wife Lorraine will again be joined forever. No visitation is planned. A private memorial will be at a later date.  In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to St. Croix Hospice or the Troy Ambulance Fund and may be left in care of the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left online at www.arensbergpruett.com.

He was born north of Troy on March 27, 1927, the ninth of fourteen children born to Elmer E. and Artie M. (Clendenen) Stewart.

Bud was drafted into the Army in World War II and served as a Medic in France and Germany

Upon returning, Bud met Lorraine Joyce Weir, they were married on June 25, 1949, in Wathena, Kansas.

Bud worked at the foundry in Atchison (LFM, Rockwell and Atchison Casting) from February 1956 to March 1989. Bud believed in standing up for what was right and a good days work, for a good days pay. As a supervisor at the foundry in Atchison, he was known to be tough but fair.

Bud and Lorraine lived most of their lives in the Troy and Wathena areas. They operated "Lou's Place" in Troy for 1970 to 1973.

Bud and Lorraine enjoyed their kids, grandkids, pets and "spins" through the country and just watching nature in action.

Bud was preceded in death by his wife Lorraine in January 2010, and by his parents and numerous brothers and sisters.

Bud is survived by his daughters, Joyce (Ed) Jones, Grandview, Missouri and Lynn (Jim) Dixon, Atchison, Kansas, and son Elmer “Speedy” (Gail) Stewart, Troy, Kansas, and five grandchildren and numerous great and great-great grandchildren and his little dog “Shadow”. He is also survived by a sister, Emily Josephine Davis of Las Vegas, Nevada, and a brother Virgil Stewart, Atchison, Kansas.