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Wallace “Bud” Hougas, Oakwood Memorial Park, Ottawa IL

By March 25, 2020Obituaries

Wallace “Bud” Hougas, 90, of Ottawa, passed away Wednesday March 18, 2020.

Private family services will be held. He will be entombed at Oakwood Memorial Park’s Shrine of Rest Mausoleum. Ottawa Funeral Home & Crematory has been entrusted with arrangements.

Bud was born February 7, 1930 to Wallace and Catherine (Gretencord) Hougas. He married Lee A. Datti on September 3, 1976.

He was a WWII Army Veteran. He was retired from Libby Owens Ford in Naplate.

He is survived by his wife, Lee; his daughters, Cheryl L. (Jim) O’Brien, and Cathy R. Hetelle; grandchildren, great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, and his beloved Golden Retriever, Rusty.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, David W. Hougas; and a great-granddaughter.

He was laid to rest in the Sanctuary of Memory.