Offering a final salute to the legacy of Bud Ossey: ‘He went out on top’
I thought Bud Ossey would live forever.
I don’t really mean that, of course. Forever isn’t in the cards for anybody.
But after 101 very solid years on the planet, with his health reasonably stable and his intestinal fortitude beyond mortal levels, I figured those who called him friends — and there were so many of us — would be lucky enough to have him around for at least a couple of more years.
Bud Ossey Gets 75-year Pin, Scholarship Named in His Honor: ‘God, That’s Out of this World’
I was on a short list of friends and family invited to attend a recent reception for Bud Ossey at his home at Bonaventure of Tigard as the Centenarian received yet another award.
The Society of American Military Engineers presented the No. 1 fan of Oregon State athletics with a 75-year pin as one of the organization’s “distinguished Fellows.”
Buddy Barnes, a retired lieutenant colonel with the U.S. Army, a professional engineer and the 100th president of SAME in 2019, was on hand to present the award to Ossey.