Obit of Dr. Steling Leon "Bud' Burks (b620) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 2 Jul 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Bruks, Bonds, McCauley, Quesenbury Dr. Steling Leon "Bud' Burks was born March 3, 1938 in Reydon to Dessie I. and Paul Wheeler Burks and died Saturday in the Roger Mills Memorial Hospital of Cheyenne at the age of 58. Bud graduated from Reydon High School in 1956. He married Janette Bonds on May 15, 1958 in Cheyenne and to this union two sons were born, Jerry Don and Thomas Keith. Bud continued his education at Panhandle State University, Goodwell, Oklahoma where he earned his Bachelor's of Science Degree in Zoology, in 1963. He then transferred to Oklahoma Statre University at Stillwater where he received his Master of Science degree and Doctorate in Zoology in 1965 and Ph.D. in Zoology in 1969. He later transferred to Oklahoma State University where he received his Bachelors Degree, Master's Degree and Doctorate in Zoology. Bud and Janette were divorced on Feburary 30, 1970 and he later married Linda Kaye Ganet McCauley on July 30, 1972 in Perry. Bud had a Post Doctoral Fellowship at OSU from 1968-1970. In 1972, he accepted a full time position in the OSU Department of Zoology. He retired as full Porfessor in 1996. While at OSU, he was Director of the Water Quality Research Laboratory from 1977 until his retirement. He also taught Graduate studies in Etoxicoloty of Enviromental Contaminents and Ecological Approach for Control of Waste Halligan, President of OSU. " Bud was a pathfinder in the field of Environmental Science, even before ther was and Enviromental Protection agency." Dr. Burks research lead to new methods in detecting toxicity in waste water. He worked closely with the state agencies of EPA. on Refiners Waste Control Council, Oklahoma Clean Lakes Association and the U.S Army Corps of Engineers. Following his retirement, he worked for one year with the Stover Group of Stillwater, before forulating his own private consulting company, Water Quality and Etoxicology Assements, also in Stillwater. He was preceded in death by his father. Survivors include: his wife, Linda of the home; two sons, Jerry Don Burks and wife Peggy of Reydon, and Thomas Keith Burks of Stillwater; one granddaughter, Heather Burks, his mother Dessie Burks of Reydon; two stepchildren, Tracey Lynn Quesenbury and husband Jacob of Nashville, Texas and Glynn McCauley III and wife Lisa of Denver, Colorad; one step-granddaughter, Rachel Lynn Quesenbury; and a host of relatives and friends. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday at the Reydon First Baptist Church with Ralph Hovey officiating and assisted Barry Cappleman. A second service will be held at 2:00 p.m. in the First Christian Church, Stillwater with Bill Inglish officiating. Memorial donations may be made in memory of Dr. Burks to the OSU Foundation, 11100 Student Union, Stillater, OK 74078. Local arrangemtns are under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service of Cheyenne. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 1997