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W. L. Stephenson © Enid News and eagle 01-22-2015 Submitted by: Glenn
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W.L. “Bud” Stephenson Jr., of Enid, Okla., passed away Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, just three days shy of his 85th birthday. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Andrew Long officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery, with military honors respectfully given by the Silver Talon Honor Guard. Service is under the direction of Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home.
Bud was born Jan. 22, 1930, in Enid, Okla., to Walter Leslie Stephenson and Geraldine (Baker) Stephenson. He had an older brother, Romayne Stanley.
Bud attended Enid schools and then the University of Colorado, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
During his college years he joined the military and was assigned to the U.S. Navy Reserves before serving with the U.S. Air Force 1009th Special Weapons Squadron in the Asian Theater during the Korean War.
He was married in 1955, to Elizabeth (Betsy) Ann Buckley, and returned to the university to complete his degree in history. He and Betsy had three daughters. After college, Bud returned to Enid to work at Central National Bank. He served the bank for 29 years in various capacities, the longest of which was president and CEO. During this time, he also was a member of the American Banking Association, served as president of the Oklahoma Bankers’ Association, and sat on the board of the Federal Reserve.
He belonged to the Enid Rotary, sang with The Barbershoppers, was a pilot, an avid international hunter, and chaired the Grand National Quail Hunt. He also served as deacon and elder at First Presbyterian Church.
Bud was later married to Susan White and helped raise her three sons, John, Chris and Matt.
After moving to Arizona, he started Caretaker Landscape Management Inc.
He eventually became president of the Arizona Landscape Contractors’ Association and received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Caretaker.
Bud returned to Enid in 2005, to be closer to family and friends.
He bought a small acreage where he dabbled in raising cows.
He enjoyed making walking canes from wood he found on the farm and continued growing plants and tending flowers.
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