(July 29, 1920--October 31, 1999)

MANNSVILLE--Richard S. "Bud" Pelton, 79, of 1475 County Route 87, died Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center, Syracuse.

 He owned and operated Pelton's Radio & TV Sales and Service, Pierrepont Manor, for 18 years. He retired in 1982 after 20 years as a school bus driver for the South Jefferson School District.

 Born July 29, 1920, in Norfolk, son of John H. and Inga Scott Pelton, he was a 1938 graduate of Norwood High School.

 He served in the Coast Guard from 1939 to 1943 and in the Navy from 1943 to 1945. While serving in the Navy he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, Sienna College, Albany, and the Navy pre-flight school, Chapel Hill, N.C. He was designated a naval flyer with an ensign rating in 1945 while in Pensacola, Fla., and was discharged as a lieutenant junior grade.

 He married Jane King on Aug. 4, 1945, at Zion Episcopal Church, Pierrepont Manor, with the Rev. William H. Foreman Jr. officiating.

 Following their marriage they lived in Orlando, Fla., and in 1952 he garduated from United Electronic School in Louisville, Ky. The couple later returned to Pierrepont Manor, and Mr. Pelton worked at Lunman Furniture and Appliances in Adams for 10 years.

 He was a member of Zion Episcopal Church and its vestry, and was its senior warden for many years. He was a member of Mannsville-Manor Fire Department and a past member and president of Mannsville Central School Board of Education. He had been a member of Lazy Paradise Hunting Club, Worth, since 1954.

 Surviving besides his wife are a daughter, Inga J. Kerns, Cleveland; two sons, Jon S., Adams, and Peter J., Mannsville; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.

A brother, Woodrow Jack Pelton, died before him.

 The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Episcopal Church with the Rev. Charles E. Henderson, rector, officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

 Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Carpenter-Stoodley Funeral Home, Belleville.

 Donations may be made to Zion Episcopal Church Memorial Fund, the American Cancer Society, 7145 Henry Clay Blvd., Liverpool, N.Y. 13088-5382, or the American Heart Association, 121 S. First St., Fulton, N.Y. 13069.

(Taken from the Monday, November 1, 1999 edition of the Watertown Daily Times, page 29)