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Funeral services for George “Bud” Smith, age 86, of Sheridan, WY will be at 11:00 AM on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at Champion Funeral Home in Sheridan, WY.

Graveside services will be at 10:00 AM on Monday, September 10, 2018 at the Hyannis Cemetery in Hyannis, NE.

A memorial has been established, and donations may be made to The Hub, 211 Smith St., Sheridan, WY 82801.

Online condolences may be shared at www.championfh.com.

George passed away on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at Westview Health Care Center in Sheridan, WY.

George passed away on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at Westview Healthcare Center in Sheridan, WY. He was born in Hemingford, NE on December 7, 1931 to Earl E. Smith and Ellie I. Kline Smith. George met and then married “Ana” Anastasia D. Davis on October 29, 1950.

George was a member of the Elks and the NRA. He loved the outdoors and animals of all kinds. He enjoyed building and maintaining the log home he and Ana had built in 1994. Airplanes and flying were great sources of enjoyment for George. He was raised on a ranch north of Ashby, NE in the heart of the Sandhills. George loved all things “western” and those things influenced and shaped him as a person. George loved a good laugh, stories and jokes, good food (beef), and his many friends and family. To his friends and family, it was common to hear him say, “Everybody doing okay?” Their well-being was a great and genuine concern!

George worked on several ranches in the Sandhills of Nebraska. He also worked for Frontier Airlines from 1958 to 1986 in Chadron, NE and Billings, MT as a Station Agent. He was also a crop duster in Dawes County, NE from 1959 to 1980. He drove school bus as his “retirement job” for School District 2 in Sheridan, WY from 1994 to 2009.

George is survived by sons John Bruce Smith and wife Amy and S. Brett Smith and wife Lora K.; brothers Robert E. Jamison, Burr Jamison, and Dean Jamison; grandchildren Ana, Peyton, Ed, and Hillary; great-granddaughter Ava; many nieces and nephews; and special friend Diane Fuller.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Ana, son Loren Dale Smith, and brothers William “Bill” Smith and and Boyd “Puz” Jamison.

Champion Funeral Home of Sheridan, WY and Bates Gould Funeral Home of Alliance, NE are in charge of arrangements for George “Bud” Smith.