Obituary: Bruce "Bud" Melvin Sigman, The Dalles, Wasco Co., Oregon

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The Dalles Chronicle   October 21, 2002

Surnames: Sigman, Woods, Loop, Hunt, Sawtell, Albert, Underhill
 
    Bruce "Bud" Melvin Sigman, 62, a resident of Portland and a former resident
of The Dalles and Dufur (Oregon), died at a Portland hospital on October 14, 2002.
    He was born October 2, 1940, in The Dalles, the youngest of two children to
Wayne and Eva (Woods) Sigman. He grew up in Dufur and graduated from Dufur
High School in 1958. He graduated from Oregon State University in 1962.
    At a young age he attended florist school in Portland and was proud of the 
fact than at age 12 he was the youngest licensed florist in Oregon. He opened
Sigman's Flowers in late 1962.
    In 1980 he moved to Portland and became a travel agent and spent time 
traveling. In the late 1980s he opened a new florist shop in Portland called 
Jackson's Flowers.
    He enjoyed spending time at his beach condo with his dog "Sam", his family 
and good friends.
    He is survived by his niece and her spouse, Sandy and Larry Loop, The Dalles;
nephew and spouse Mike and Adrienne Sigman, Wildomar, California; his aunt, 
Mary Hunt, The Dalles; numerous cousins including Judy Sawtell, Sandy; Jim Hunt,
The Dalles; Mary Alice Albert and Bill Sigman, Priveville (Oregon); Gene 
Underhill, Dufur; Ed Underhill, The Dalles; Dick Sigman, Chicago (Illinois); 
great-niece, Jena; great-nephews Ryan, Trevor and Dylan and special friends
Stuart Farmer and Louise Boulevard.
    He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Jerry Sigman on 
February 11, 2002.
    Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, October 23 at Gables
Funeral Chapel, 225 NE 80th Avenue, Portland, with Asa Jenson officiating. 
Private interment of cremations in Dufur's Henderson Cemetery.

Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon