Rayburn Dean “Bud” Calvert
Calvert, Rayburn Dean “Bud”, loving husband and father, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009. His upbeat, confident spirit and love of life brought joy to family, treasured friends and business associates. He filled a room with his personality and we will all miss him greatly. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, April 23, at the Matfield Green Cemetery, Matfield Green, KS. Survivors: wife, Carol; sons, Spencer and Angie Calvert of Jacksonville, FL and Christopher Lawrence of Andover, KS; sisters, Linda Ayala of Reno, NV and Connie Frederiksen of Denver, CO; grandchildren, Miles, Macie, Brody and Dawson. Preceded in death by daughter, Melinda Lawrence. Memorials have been established with Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, 313 S. Market, Wichita, KS, 67202 and Cleaveland Traditional Magnet, (Autism Program), 3345 W. 33rd St. S., Wichita, KS, 67217. Downing Lahey Mortuary East. FOR DIRECTIONS TO THE CEMETERY, GO TO THIS WEBSITE LINK: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=dsource=s_dsaddr=37.679133,-97.191238daddr=Unknown+roadgeocode=%3BFeonRgIdiqE-ghl=enmra=dmemrcr=0mrsp=0sz=14sll=37.687149,-97.188749sspn=0.03172,0.054932ie=UTF8t=hz=14 I-35 N 1. Head northeast on I-35 N toward Exit 53 Toll road 40.7 mi 2. Take exit 92 toward Cassoday/AZ-177 Toll road 0.2 mi 3. Turn left at NE 160th St (signs for Cassoday/Manhattan) Partial toll road 0.4 mi 4. Turn right at KS-177/NE State Rd 177 Continue to follow KS-177 9.1 mi 5. Turn right 0.3 mi Unknown road
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Bud, I will truly miss you. You were my friend, my father, my shrink, and occassionally my boss. As Dan W. mentioned, your ‘Budism’s’ were legendary. I have spent countless hours the last 3 days talking to Keith Kulhanek laughing about story after story we experienced with you. From signing you up for countless magazines addressed to Fub Clavert (took you forever to catch on) and watching you get miffed, to you telling jokes in bars only to mess up the punchline, to ‘Lets go have a cocktail’, flying home on Christmas Eve and watching you wear an apron handing out free drinks to the entire plane (They called you Bubbles) after one of our long trips, to ‘Boys, don’t worry, there won’t be any grass growing under MY feet’, to playing round after round of golf with your very best friend. No one ever wanted to just talk to me, they always wanted to talk to Bud. You were the rock behind us all. I love you Bud, and will never forget what an impact you made on my life.
Reading all of the tributes to Bud brings a big smile to my face. The Budisms are endless. He had ideas and opinions about everything but especially Sales. To say he was passionate about his work would be an understatement. Bud and I put countless hours on the company airplane as we trekked across the county selling Brite equipment. Every time (yes, I mean every time!) we lined up for landing, Bud would yell out, ‘Do you want me to bring er on in!’ It was especially funny if we had unsuspecting passengers on board who werent familiar with Buds routine. We had a lot of fun together and Bud taught me a lot in my early professional career. He always placed supreme confidence in me and for that I am eternally grateful. Farewell BudI will miss you.
I haven’t had the opportunity to cross paths with Bud in years, but I remember much laughing and learning from him as a green product manager at Brite. My condolences and thoughts are with Bud’s family and friends. May his zest for life live on in all of us. – Becky Splitt
Spencer and family, Pat and I extend our condolences to all of you at this difficult time. We have wonderful memories of fun times spent with Bud. Out thoughts are with all of you.
I went to high school with Buddy. He was such a nice person and so funny. Had he been ill? I saw him at our class reunion for 40 years from South high a few years back. Worked with him and others to plan the reunion. You are in my prayers. God Bless Each of you. He will be missed.
Please accept my sincere sympathy for your loss. I was at Wichita High School South with your loved one. Keeping your family in my thoughts and prayers as you go through this time in your life.
Will Roger’s said, ‘We are all here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can.’ I am a better person for having known Bud and am glad to say he was my friend. Never let it be said that Bud did not enjoy life and he helped a lot of people get their share of laughs. A very special man and will be sadly missed!
I am so sad to hear of Bud’s passing. I worked with Bud at Brite Voice – I was in product management and he was a sales manager. He talked me into leaving leaving marketing for a sales position reporting to him. I am forever grateful. My life, and the life of my family, would have been so much different if Bud would have not added me to his sales team. When I worked for him, he had so much energy and so much going on that I would often have to have conversations with him while he was walking down the hall from one meeting to the next – it was the only time I could catch him! I would say, ‘Bud, I need to talk to you about something.’ and he would say ‘Come on. Let’s walk and talk.’ as he made his way down the hall. I often catch myself doing the same thing with my co-workers and think of him during those hall way conversations. One thing I learned from Bud, a Budism, as we call them, was NEVER, sit down while you are working in a tradeshow booth. Even though I have violated that rule in the past, I always feel a little guilt when I do it today because I know Bud would not have approved. We will all miss Bud but will never forget him or the impact he had on all of us.
Carol, I am so sorry for your loss. YOU were Bud’s guiding light. Bud was special. He stopped by the store last month, only to sit and remember the old days. We laughed so much. The coffee table he made me will always remind me of what a great friend he was. The way he touched so many lives is proof he was a special man. You and Bud were so very kind to me and I just want to say Thank You.
I was saddened to hear of Bud’s death. I worked with Bud at Brite and had the opportunity to play some golf with him too. I also seemed to run into Bud about every 6 months or so which was aleays a treat. He was a guy that had a zest for life and always had a lot of energy. He also taught me that you always–always put your name tag on the right side of your suit–so when people shake hands they see your name. He was a pro! Every time I put on a name tag, I always think of Bud. God bless and my condolences to the family.