Fredrick "Bud" VonAhnen, 79, passed peacefully at Valley Regional Hospital on March 10, 2022, from injuries sustained after an auto accident.

Bud was born on September 13, 1942, to Sally Wheeler and Fredrick J. VonAhnen Sr. in Bloomington, NY.

He graduated from Kingston High School in 1960.  Bud was an avid electrician and worked many years in the building industry for Customized Structures and LaValley's in Claremont and then as a building inspector in Charlestown.

He married Trudy Slade in May of 1983 which began the blending of the VonAhnen and Slade family.  Bud was very giving and generous man, donating to many charities and always helping the people he loved.  To know him is to love him.  He was a big fan of the Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, and Nascar.

He is survived by his sons, Perry VonAhnen, Mike VonAhnen and wife, Andrea, John Slade and wife, Jerilyn, and Robert VonAhnen; daughter Tammy Dougherty and husband, Mike; sisters, Nancy Brundage and Carol Artist along with many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and many outstanding friends.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Trudy, son, Todd, and nephew, RJ.

Visiting hours will be at the Stringer Funeral Home in Claremont on Thursday, March 17 ^th from 3 to 6 PM with a eulogy at 6.  There will be a private family gathering after the service.