Albert F. “Bud” Haug, 86, of Seneca, KS, formerly of Corning, died Saturday morning, March 18, 2006, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.

He was born December 18, 1919, at St. Benedict, the son of Bernard “Barney” and Mary Widman Haug. He attended the Haug School north of St. Benedict and helped on the family farm.

He entered the U.S. Navy prior to the start of World War II and served on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown. After the service, he returned home to farm.

He was married January 30, 1946, to Rosemary Hochard at St. Patrick’s Church at Coal Creek. They farmed southwest of Baileyville and in the Corning area until he retired. He and his wife helped care for her mother, Anna Hochard. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.

He was a member of St. Patrick’s Church and the Arthur Mills Post #37 of the American Legion, both at Corning. In 1980, before the age of 60, he earned a G.E.D. He enjoyed fishing, playing cards, hunting, and attending reunions.

Survivors are his wife Rosemary of the home; three sons, Joe of Wamego, Jim of Topeka, and Jerry of Manhattan; nine daughters, Mary Ann Grob of Centralia, Dorothy Frost and Darlene Alexander, both of Topeka, Shirley Watkins of Goff, Margie Boeckman and Carolyn Jones, both of Corning, Loretta Hess of Humboldt, Lucy Gros of Wamego, and Linda Feldkamp of Seneca; four sisters, Rita Hammes of Santa Fe, NM, Evelyn Bass and Irene Hardin, both of Wichita, and Lela Martin of Norton; 58 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by three brothers, Leander, Pat, and Jim; four sisters, Edna Congdon, Loretta Baker, Jean Christy, and Maleta Haug; and five grandchildren, Ernest Mathew Grob, Joseph Grob, Mary Watkins, Clarence Watkins, and James Alexander.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM Friday, March 24, at St. Patrick’s Church at Corning. Inurnment will be in the church cemetery. Rosaries will be prayed at 2 & 7 PM Thursday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.

Memorials may be given for St. Patrick’s Church or St. Patrick’s Cemetery, and sent in care of the family.