Kenneth Nicholas Strauss

A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Marys Catholic Church in Bellechester, MN with the Reverend Bruce Peterson officiating for Kenneth Bud Strauss of Bellechester who passed away on Monday, October 1, 2012 in Red Wing, MN due to complications of pneumonia.Burial will take place in St. Marys Catholic Church Cemetery with Military Honors.Visitation will be at St. Marys Catholic Church from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 and one hour prior to the Funeral Mass on Thursday.A Knights of Columbus Rosary will held at the church at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening. Kenneth Bud Strauss was born in Red Wing, MN on April 5, 1930.He grew up on his familys farm east of Bellechester.He went to St. Marys Catholic School in Bellechester and attended Goodhue High School.He went to work at an early age at the Bellechester Garage.He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict.Following his military service he went to Bricklayers School in St. Cloud and also took Blueprint training at the Vo Tech in St. Cloud.He joined the Bricklayers Union Red Wing Local 17 and worked in the Red Wing, Rochester area, working for Weis Builders Inc. of Rochester, the longest.He then partnered in Strauss and Heppelmann Masonry until his health forced him into retirement.He married Mary Rose Benda in Goodhue, MN at St. Columbkills Catholic Church on August 29, 1959. He loved the outdoors, fishing, hunting and especially his dogs, Hobbes, Calvin and Abby.In his younger years he played baseball on the Bellechester Town Team and raced stock cars. He was a member of the American Legion Bellechester Post 598, St. Marys Catholic Church, Bellechester Knights of Columbus and Bricklayers Union Red Wing Local 17. His wife, Mary died April 18, 1989. Bud is survived by his daughters, Elizabeth Lommen (Peter) of St. Charles, MN and Marie Stangl (Roger) of Prior Lake, MN, daughter-in-law, Jacqueline Hutchinson of Apple Valley, MN; his sons, Greg Strauss (Colleen) of Chaska, MN and Tim Strauss(Shelly) of Maplewood, MN; his son-in-law, Dennis Klindworth of Mazeppa, MN; grandchildren, Ben and Matt Lommen, Katie, Joe and Zach Stangl, James and Jordan Strauss, Jacob, Alex (Amber), Rosemary and Brandon Klindworth and Jenna Strauss; his sisters, Clarice Ferecchia of Marlboro, MA and Kathleen Karlen of Pine Island, MN.He is preceded in death by his wife, Mary; a son, John; a daughter, Lisa Klindworth; a sister, Mary Sacco; and his parents, John and Esther (Majerus) Strauss.