[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 7, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H522]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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               REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF BURTON MILES BUNDY

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, I sadly rise today to acknowledge the 
loss of a friend, Burt Bundy. Burton Miles Bundy, age 82, passed 
peacefully at home in Los Molinos, California, on January 25, and will 
take a seat at the poker table with his buddies in heaven who are 
waiting for him.
  Burt was born in Santa Maria, California. In 1946, his family moved 
to a ranch in Los Molinos, California, Tehama County, where he lived 
until his last day. He was a graduate of Los Molinos High School, class 
of 1959, before attending UC Davis.
  Burt enlisted in the Air Force in 1960, and specialized as a jet 
aircraft mechanic on such planes as the F-102, F-105, and F-106. He was 
stationed at a base in Tacoma, Washington, where he met and married his 
lovely wife, Joyce McGinn, in 1962, and was then deployed to Thule, 
Greenland, before being discharged in 1963.
  In 1968, Burt and Joyce opened their feed store, Los Molinos Feed and 
Supply. They ran that business together until he was elected to the 
Tehama County Board of Supervisors in 1981.
  Burt was a leader on water, land, agriculture, and fish issues 
throughout the north State, serving as county supervisor for five 
terms. He also served as a board member on the California Farm Bureau, 
Tehama County Farm Bureau, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Regional 
Council for Rural Counties, and many others.
  Burt was a husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend 
to so many. He and his wife, Joyce, went to almost every Tehama County 
event--certainly every one I ever went to--and have always been willing 
to volunteer and lend a helping hand with anybody.
  He coached Little League and was an avid hunter. His special place 
was a cabin located on Mill Creek. I would frequently run into him at 
car shows where they were showing off their really nicely done 1957 
Chevy.
  Burt was a big fan of the San Francisco Giants, and we hated the 
Dodgers together. He loved to fix cars and raise cattle his whole life.
  Burt not only traveled with Joyce, but was also a graduate of the 
1998 Ag Leadership Class 29, traveling around the world talking about 
California agriculture to everybody.
  Burt spent 61 years with his wife, Joyce, and is survived by his 
sons, Lance and Justin, and five grandchildren. May God bless him and 
his family.

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