Harold "Bud" E. Monroe

AUSTINTOWN- There will be Services at 2 p.m. Sunday at Lane Family Funeral Homes-Austintown Chapel for Harold "Bud" E. Monroe, 82, of Austintown, who died early Thursday morning at St. Elizabeth Health Center. Bud was born Dec. 31, 1934 in Youngstown, a son of Thomas P. and Dorothy Wylam Monroe. He was a self-employed plumber/pipe fitter and previously was employed with Republic Steel Corp. in the same capacity. Bud had attended Grace Lutheran Church. He was a member of the Properties Committee at Camp Stambaugh, B.S.A. Bud was an Outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting and fishing, both locally and in Canada. He also enjoyed cooking and traveling but mostly enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren and gr. granddaughter. Bud is survived by his wife of 61 years, the former Shirley L. Richards, whom he married September 29, 1955; his daughter, Wendy J. (David, Jr.) Leonhart of Austintown; his son, Brett E. (Emma) Monroe of Hubert, N.C.; his brother, Richard Tracey of Tempe, AZ; his sisters, Shirle (Rod) Wylam of Youngstown and Dorothy Cipriano of Austintown, his grandsons, Nathan (Stefanie) Hudzik and Tyler Leonhart and his gr. granddaughter, Adelina Hudzik. Besides his parents, Bud was preceded in death by his brother, Thomas Allen. Friends may call from 1-2 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home, prior to the Service. Family and Friends may view this obituary and send condolences at www.lanefuneralhomes.com