Beloved husband to the late Barbara. Loving father to Ed (Karen) Gaines, Julie (Robert) Hanus, David Gaines, Paul (Bev) Gaines and Kathy Gaines-Margrander. Grandfather to Ed (Korey) Gaines II, Robert (Victoria), Michael and Mark (Melissa) Hanus, Bryan and Janelle Gaines, Jessica and Dylan Gaines, John and Kevin Margrander. Great-grandfather to 5. Dear brother to Mary Ellen Vella and the late Rob Gaines, Leo Gaines and Lucille Robertson.
Bud was born in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Detroit in the shadow of Tiger Stadium. He was a Navy Veteran and served 33 months in the SW Pacific in WWII as a Radioman and worked for the Wayne County Road Commission in Property Management Department during the construction of all the freeways in Wayne County. After retirement he worked as a substitute bus driver for Lakeshore Public Schools, a volunteer driver for Interfaith Care Givers for 10 years, and served as Interim Court Officer under Judge Craigen Oster. Throughout his life he was an active member of St. Gertrude Church.
Visitation Monday, November 21 from 3-9pm with a 7pm Vigil at Kaul Funeral Home 35201 Garfield, Clinton Township, Michigan.
Funeral Mass Tuesday, November 22 at 10am with 9:30am Instate at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church 28301 Little Mack, St. Clair Shores, Michigan
The family would like to thank the staff of My Doctor’s Inn and Heart to Heart Hospice.
In lieu of flowers, donations to Boys Town www.boystown.org would be appreciated by the family.
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