MT AUBURN - Roger R. "Bud" Struve, Sr., age 76, died Monday, July 9, 2007 at Virginia Gay Hospital following a sudden illness.
     Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM, Thursday, July 12, 2007 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel in Vinton with Rev. Colette Gould officiating. Interment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton with Graveside Military Rites conducted by the Emil H. Dutler American Legion Post #177 of Mt. Auburn.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 7 PM on Wednesday.  A memorial fund has been established.
     Bud was born June 24, 1931 at Vinton to Ralph and Dorothy (Haines) Struve and graduated from Lincoln High School in Vinton in1948.  During the Korean Conflict he served his nation as a Airman 1st Class in the US Air Force.
     On July 29, 1957 he married Loretta Salger in Vinton.  She preceded him in death on September 6, 1995.
     For over forty years Bud served as a rural letter carrier for the US Postal Service and retiring on March 1, 2005.  He was a member of the Rural Letter Carriers Association and had served as County President and Northeast District Vice President of the organization..  In 2005 he was honored as Northeast District Outstanding Rural Carrier Of The Year., An active member of his community he was a member of and held several offices in the Emil H. Dutler American Legion Post #177 of Mt. Auburn and was a forty-five year member of the Mt. Auburn Fire Department where he served as Chief for fifteen years.  He was granted "Life Time Honorary Membership" in the Cedar-Mt. Auburn Fire Department.  Bud was also a member of the Mt. Auburn United Methodist Church.
     He is survived by his son, Roger (Kristi) Struve, Jr. of Mt. Auburn; his daughters, Patti (Brad) Moore of Yorktown, VA, Lori (John) Mortenson of Lake City, MN, Mary (Doug) Schmidt of Waterloo, and Stacy (Brad) Thorpe of Nemaha, IA; ten grandchildren; his sister, Frances Burrows of LaPorte City; and special friend, Phyllis Thoren of Dysart.
     In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by his sisters, Lois Miller, and Donna Becher.