Obituary: John Bertrand Mudd, Jr., 84, Bardstown
John Bertrand Mudd, Jr., 84, of Bardstown, died peacefully on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at Norton Hospital in Louisville surrounded by his family after a brief illness.
JOHN BERTRAND MUDD JR.
He was born on Dec. 28, 1930, in Fredericktown to John Bertrand Mudd Sr. and Mary Prudence Carrico Mudd. He was a 1949 graduate of Fredericktown High School. He served in the U.S. Army where he was stationed in Japan and then fought in the Korean War. He graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy in 1957. After graduation he worked for Begley Drug Co. and Grider Pharmacy in Danville. In 1968 the family moved to Bardstown where he was a partner and pharmacist at Hurst Drug Store until the time of his retirement. He was an active member of the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral where he served as an usher for many years. He was also a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Francis Mudd, Robert Mudd, and Paul Mudd; and two daughters, Carol Frances Mudd and Cherri Mudd Tudor.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Alice Gertrude Johnson Mudd; two daughters, Connie (Gary) Newton of Elizabethtown and Cathy (Bill) Waldschmidt of Springfield; two sons, Mike (Rachel) Mudd of Alpharetta, Ga. and Chris (Lori) Mudd of Bardstown; two sisters, Margie Spalding of Bardstown and Mary Rose Ziegler of Louisville; two brothers, Phil (Leon) Mudd of Louisville and Jim Mudd of Bardstown; eight grandchildren, Josh (Graham) Mudd, Catie Mudd, Jason Newton, Patrick Mudd, Christina Mudd, Henry Waldschmidt, George (Angie) Waldschmidt and Liz (Mark) McNulty; and seven great-grandchildren.
The funeral is 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is 3-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, 2015, and 9-10:15 a.m. Wednesday at Barlow Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to St. Joseph Elementary School or Bethlehem High School.
Barlow Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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