Dwight "Bud" Baertsch

Biography

On December 17, 2014, Dwight (Bud) Baertsch passed from this mortal life peacefully in his daughter’s home of natural causes to be greeted by his deceased family and begin his eternal life. He was born to Flossie (Jones) and Orin Baertsch on February 12, 1928 in Hebron, North Dakota. He was the fifth of seven children. He attended Bismark College and began his career soon after for the US Weather Bureau in Glasgow, Montana. It was there on June 7, 1950 that he married his sweetheart, Dorothy Kuehn.
Bud was promoted to the Regional Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Salt Lake City in 1960 and moved to Bountiful. Here he and Dodie raised their family. Bud retired from government service in 1983. He enjoyed doing calligraphy and writing poems. He was instrumental in putting together the Album of Families for the Baertsch family. Bud was a quiet, introspective man who loved his family deeply. His values and guidance will continue to make positive influences in our family.
Dwight is preceded in death by his parents, his sister, Mrs. James Latham (Charlotte), and his brothers Orin Wesley and Donald Frank Baertsch. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, their four children, Mrs. Robert Leaver (Catherine), David Dwight, John Richard (Stacie), and Mrs. Jeffrey Peterson (Elizabeth), 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren, his brother, Robert, and his sisters Mrs. John Jensen (Donna), and Mrs. Horace Wilkinson, Jr.(Dorothy).
The family will have a private graveside service.
The family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to our nurses from Brighton Hospice Care.