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- Cortland NY Standard - 8/25/1969
Fred Henry Buddenhagen, 70,
of 146 West Rd., a former line
foreman for the New York Tele-
phone Co., died last night m
Cortland Memorial Hospital af-
ter a long illness.
He was born Nov. 5, 1898 at
Welcome Lake, Pa., son of the
late Randolph and Sophia Ge-
vert Buddenhagen. He came to
Cortland from Binghamton in 19-
29 and retired from the tele-
phone company in 1962 after
working 40 years as a line fore-
man.
Mr. Buddenhagen was a mem-
ber of the Telephone Pioneer
Club of America, a past mem-
ber of Cortland Lodge 470, F &
AM, and a member of the First
Methodist Church.
He married Genevieve Smith
Aug. 17, 1948 in Oneonta.
Besides his widow, Mr. Bud-
denhagen is survived by five
sons, Ronald of Endicott, Lloyd,
serving with the Marine Corps in
Vietnam, and Lynn, Gary and
Lyle Buddenhagen of Cortland;
two daughters, Mrs. Sheila Rad-
ford of Baltimore, Md. and Miss
Diane Buddenhagen of Lisle.
Also, three brothers, Charles
of Honesdale, Pa., Paul of Sho-
hola. Pa. and Donald Budden-
hagen of Vestal; six sisters, Mrs.
Frank Rogers of Hallstead, Pa.,
Mrs. Harold Turner of Sussex,
N. J., Mrs. Laura Brinkman and
Mrs. Earl Marshall of Beech
Lake, Pa., Mrs. Edith Newen-
bouse of Honesdale and Mrs.
Eleanor Mitterwager of Calli-
coon; five grandchildren; and
several nieces, nephews and
cousins.
Friends may call from 7 to 9
p. m. Wednesday at the Bush
Funeral Home, where a pray-
er service will be held at 9 p. m..
with the Rev. Paul Brown of-
ficiating. Graveside services will
be held at 2 p. m. Thursday
at Indian Orchard Cemetery,
Honesdale.
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