Clarence Resch, Jr.

Clarence A. “Bud” Resch, Jr., 84, Independence, MO passed away Feb. 28, 2009. Services will be 10 am, Friday, March 6, 2009 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; interment at Mound Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to Outreach International.
Bud was born Sept. 14, 1924 in Independence, MO and was a lifelong resident. He worked at TWA for thirty-one years and retired in 1986. After retirement, he worked at Schmitt Music in Independence. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of WW II and an Air Force veteran of the Korean Era. Bud was a member of the Community of Christ Church College Park Congregation, where he was a Priest and then an Elder. Utilizing his expertise in technology, he took it upon himself to record each week’s sermon, transpose the recordings to cassette tapes and distribute them to people who were shut-ins so they could hear the message. He was also a member of the Independence Amateur Radio Club and was involved with the Boy Scouts of America in years past.
Bud was preceded in death by his wife Mary Elaine Resch in 1995 and sister Alberta Davis in 1980. He is survived by his son Jim Resch and wife Vicki, Blue Springs, MO; daughters Jan Jones and husband Dale, Summerville, SC; Pat Cook, Lee’s Summit, MO; grandchildren Debbie Grainger and husband Jimmy, Independence, MO; Paxton Taylor and wife Angela, Lee’s Summit, MO; Chris Resch, Lake Lotawana, MO; Jennie Jones and husband James, Portland, OR; Jeremy Cook, Warrensburg, MO; and six great-grandchildren.