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Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Obituary: Clarence Philip Shively (Bud) Lane Newspaper: Springs Valley Herald Publication Date: Thursday February 26, 1953 =========================================================================== DEATH NOTICE Clarence (Bud) Lane, 44, died in Las Vegas, Nevada, Monday morning about 4 o'clock. Bud had worked Sunday night until 3 A.M. and on returning home entered the bathroom to prepare for bed and collapsed from a heart attack. He had complained during the day Sunday that he was not feeling up to par, but did not think it serious. His son and daughter, Buddy Joe and Ann were living with him in the same motor court as were his brother Chester and wife. Lane was a student of the French Lick High School from 1923 to 1927, a former partner with this brother Chester in the Club Chateau, West Baden and the Green Acres Club in French Lick. The body is being returned here today (Thursday) and will arrive at five o'clock by train and will be taken to Ritter and Son Funeral Parlors. Friends may call after 9 A.M. Friday. Funeral arrangements are not definite as we go to press but it is thought that the funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at Ritters. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Patty Stevenson, Ann Lane, one son, Buddy Joe, and one grandson, Bruce Stevenson. His father Charles Lane and a sister, Mrs. Herbert Bledsoe of French Lick, and a brother Chester, of West Baden and Las Vegas. OBITUARY Clarence Philip Lane, second son of Charles and Emma Connell Lane, was born in French Lick on January 22, 1909. He suddenly passed from this world on February 23, 1953 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the age of 44 years and 1 month. Bud grew up in the home of his parents and attended French Lick High School. Most of his life was spent in French Lick. At an early age he was united in marriage to Grace Springer. Into their home was born three children, Patricia, now Mrs. Gene Stevenson of Paoli, Ann and Buddy Joe at home. Bud's cheerfulness, friendliness and his pleasing personality brought him many friends. The gift of making friends is one of God's best gifts. To make friends one must forget oneself. It means finding that which is noble and loving in another and appreciating it. His generosity is best known to the many who received help when it was needed. One of the most essential qualities of real character is the willingness to accept responsibility and Bud accepted his responsibilities without a murmur or complaint. He was baptized into membership in the First Christian Church on March 30, 1921 by Rev. N. L. Collins. His gifts to his church were generously and cheerfully given. His mother preceded him in death in 1943. Surviving with his three children are his father, Charles Lane, brother Chester, sister Mrs. Edith Bledsoe and one grandson, Bruce Stevenson of Paoli. We are never ready for death to claim our loved ones, and the mystery is even greater when a fine, stalwart young man is so suddenly stricken and taken from his children who need him so badly. They were his very life and their welfare his one great interest. God does not plan for us to understand all things but he has left us many promises that comfort our hearts. To the loved ones we would say: tighten your loins with God's promises and keep the strong staff of faith and hope in your hand. Trust God in your dark hours of grief. We are safer with Him in the dark than without Him in the sunshine. His rod and staff never break. Why he takes our loved ones whom we need so much we know not now but we shall know hereafter. Hebrews 13:5 says "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee." For Thou Art With Me I know not when I go, nor where, From this familiar scene; But He is Here and He is There and all the way between; And when I pass from all I know To that dim, vast, unknown, Though lat I stay, or soon I go, I shall not go alone. CARD OF THANKS We tenderly express our deepest thanks to the many friends who offered sympathy and assistance during the death of Clarence (Bud) Lane. We especially thank Rev. C. W. Parks and Dr. G. W. Wise for their words of comfort, for the beautiful floral tribute, flower girls, pall bearers, Mr. Glenn Paxton, pianist, Mrs. Gallie Clay who wrote the obituary and the undertaker Mr. and Mrs. Ritter for their efficient service. The Family. ===========================================================================