\t\t\tWilliam \u201cBud\u201d H. Durant \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
William \u201cBud\u201d H. Durant, age 83, of Allentown, formerly of Irwin, passed away peacefully on May 23, 2026.<\/p>\n
\nBud enjoyed a long and successful career in finance, working with several major firms throughout his professional life. After retirement, he volunteered service at his local hospital, where he found great fulfillment in helping others and giving back to the community. Additionally, he served as a Valley Youth House board member.<\/p>\n
\nHe was preceded in death by his parents, William R. Durant and Helen Durant; his sister Patricia (Albert) Misicko, as well as his longtime companion, Kathryn \u201cKathy\u201d Howells.<\/p>\n
\nBud is survived by his nieces, Susan (Chester) Gladd and Cathy (Chris) Estadt; his nephew, Rich (Rosalind) Misicko; and Kathy Howell\u2019s family; Richard A. Howells II (Haya Jacqui) Howells, Robert A. Howells (Maite) Howells, Robin A. (Steven) Dolbin, and James A. Howells (Teri) Howells; along with many friends who will miss him dearly.<\/p>\n
\nServices: Memorial 2 PM on Saturday, June 6, 2026, at Bachman, Kulik & Reinsmith Funeral Home, 17th & Hamilton Streets, Allentown. A calling hour will be held from 1-2 PM Saturday in the funeral home.<\/p>\n
\nIn lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association or LoadsofBlessing.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"William \u201cBud\u201d H. Durant OBITUARY William \u201cBud\u201d H. Durant, age 83, of Allentown, formerly of Irwin, passed away…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-206687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}