Odd N. “Bud” Oddsen, Jr., of Williams Township, died Tuesday, June 19, 2012 in his home.
Born: In Glen Cove, NY, he was a son of the late Odd N., Sr. and Bette (Faile) Oddsen.
Personal: He was a graduate of Mendham High School and Susquehanna University. He was the President of Innovative Office Products, Easton which he co-founded in 1986.
Memberships: Bud was a member of the Players Club, New York City.
Survivors: Two sisters, Ronda Ross of Wharton, NJ and Kris Lamb of Randolph, NJ; two step-sisters, Kathy Moyer and Debbie Allen both of Virginia; and his step-mother, Wendy Oddsen of Maryland.
Services: A visitation will be held from 1:00 pm– 3:00 pm on Saturday in the Ashton Funeral Home, 1337 Northampton St., Easton with a Celebration of Life to follow at 4:00 pm at Innovative Office Products, 100 Kuebler Rd., Easton. Interment will be held on Monday at 1:00 pm in Woodlands Cemetery, Cambridge, NY.
Memorials: AMFAR, www.amfar.org/donate; Susquehanna University, www.susqu.edu/support/36375.asp or American Heart Association, www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Giving/Giving_UCM_001137_SubHomePage.jsp, 212 E. Broad St., Bethlehem, PA 18018.
Doreen Repsher
June 20, 2012 at 6:43 pm
So sorry to hear about Bud’s passing. He was so supportive to me & my business in downtown Easton….He will be missed greatly. A huge loss way too early.
Valerie LaRobardier
June 20, 2012 at 7:08 pm
My thoughts, love and prayers are with family and friends….I have many happy memories of Bud throughout the years.
Jeffrey Hardy
June 20, 2012 at 8:04 pm
A fellow Players member and a fine and good friend personally and to The Players who has left us way to early. He shall be greatly missed and we offer our sincere condolences to his family at this difficult time.
Jeffrey Hardy
Shana Farr
Tina Eley
June 20, 2012 at 8:25 pm
My thoughts and prayers are with all of you as you grieve the loss of Bud.
Patricia Porter
June 20, 2012 at 8:39 pm
A more generous man to his friends I have not met. Our family have shared many experiences with Bud. My heart goes out to all who knew him. He will be missed.
Bryan Maldony
June 21, 2012 at 6:36 am
Bud’s passing is going to leave a hole in my heart that will almost certainly never be filled. here was a guy who did not think twice about helping others when they needed it the most. It was a pleasure and honor to know him, work with him, and for him. May he rest in peace and by the grace of god be together with his father Odd whom the lord took from us 2 years ago.. love both you guys and will never forget either of you! Me and my family thank you for everything you have done for us and will be forever grateful for your love and gererousity.
Jane Long
June 21, 2012 at 7:28 am
I’m so sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with the entire Innovative family during this difficult time.
David Copeland
June 21, 2012 at 9:07 am
Bud … I am devastated by your passing.
Your passion for life, your generosity to others. Your interest in all …
In your short time as a member of The Players in Gramercy Park, NYC you did so much! I will miss you … and my deepest condolences to all your friends and family.
Rest in peace my friend.
Marie Sassen-Doyer
June 21, 2012 at 10:08 am
I am so sorry for your loss. We just found out that we were related and I came to New York to meet you. So sorry that we couldn’t have been longer together to get to know each other better. I will light a candle for you and my prayers are with you.
Gael Miller
June 21, 2012 at 10:16 am
An incredibly generous man with an amazing passion for excellence. His committment, drive and efforts at The Players Club hopefully have laid the groundwork for all to rise and continue to meet the challenge at hand with the same integrity and sense of purpose Bud so graciously and unselfishly put forth.
An absolute treasure.
Nichole Donje’
June 21, 2012 at 10:19 am
Budd was an inspiration.
As a theatre artist to know that there was someone out there routing for & supporting young performers and artists is priceless. As a fellow member of the Players I had the honor of meeting the wonderful people he has brought into the club and seeing his remarkable generosity come to light. I only wish I had more time to get to know him personally. The loss is deep, but his inspiration is cherished.
Our deep and sincere condolences to all who knew and loved him. He will be profoundly missed.
Nichole Donje’ & Scott Allinson
Peter Zinn
June 21, 2012 at 11:49 am
Bud was a dear friend with a big heart. I will miss seeing him at Players every week. My heart hurts. He and his family are in my thoughts and prayers.
PETER BERINSTEIN
June 21, 2012 at 12:08 pm
I was present when Bud was interviewed by the Admissions Committee at The Players in 2011. He spoke about his past buisness career and how he intended to spend the coming years involving himself in the arts and supporting both art and artists alike. Bud was true to his word and, in his one-year member of the club, demonstrated to all, the difference between the possible and impossible is the merely the measure of a person’s will.
Bud will be sorely missed, both for his good nature, genrosity, and inspiration.
Ian
June 21, 2012 at 12:41 pm
Very sad to hear of Bud’s passing. He was generous, to a fault, a real character and a genuine gent. Thanks for the drinks, the New Years parties, the trips to 6-flags and of course, the company. The World is a lesser place without you, Bud.
Greg Labelle
June 21, 2012 at 3:56 pm
The world is a little less festive now as a light has passed from our view. I will always hold in my heart the memory of a most generous man, a gentle giant of men who genuinely cared for those around him. He may have been misunderstood at times by those who did not take the time understand him or see his generosity, but for those of us with vision and compassion, we will be deeply saddened by his loss and forever grateful for having had the opportunity to know him. He has however, left me with something in life to strive for, a goal. He may not have intended to do so, but he has inspired me and he has once again reminded me that our time here is so very limited, so let’s not waste our time and get on with it. I shall miss you greatly.
Wade Knight
June 21, 2012 at 7:29 pm
ONO. Bud was my roommate at Susquehanna. We met under kinda weird circumstances I thought he stole my watch. What a guy. I am so sorry in his passing. As all he will be missed tremendously by all around him and on other continents. It has been awhile since I have talked with him and longer since I have seen him. As Bud I am 53 and to this very day 30+ years later I still quote him, to my boys 23 and 18 years old and others.
Bud as you know I did join the Marines and on Tuesday the unfortunate and sad day of your passing, Lynne’s and my son Gared the 18 year old is in Parris Island for his recruit training.
Bud you will be missed and all of the Knight’s in Pittsburgh will have you in our thoughts and I will always remember you as a dear friend.
With greatest sympathies,
Wade
Michael Hardiman
June 21, 2012 at 9:02 pm
I have always known Bud as a kind and generous person, going all the way back to high school in Mendham, New Jersey. Bud had a remarkable ability to deconstruct a situation or problem of any sort, and then solve it, without a lot of hoopla, even when others might be losing their cool. We had many good times and endless discussions about politics and the economy, and I would look back a few months or years later and his predictions always turned out to be on the mark. He and his dad started Innovative the old fashioned way, in their basement in New Jersey, then sharing an office with another company, then getting their own floor, then their own building in Pennsylvania. Bud still had so much more to contribute, he left us too early.
Judy
June 21, 2012 at 11:12 pm
I’m still in shock Bud.. but as I read these condolences from people I don’t even know,I have to say what a tribute it is to you and how special it makes me feel as part of your family. You have touched many lives whether through business or by just being you. As your cousin I will always remember the fun times we had on Block Island in our “younger” years and I can still hear your laugh from the stories you would tell and try to make us believe. The years have gone fast but I will cherish the memories. You will be missed.
Herb and Virginia Morgenthaler
June 21, 2012 at 11:17 pm
Innovative
Entrepreneurial
Friend
Generous
Caring
Witty
Charming
Inspirational
Risk Taker
A True Viking
We will miss him greatly
Dave & Theresa Richards
June 22, 2012 at 8:19 am
As we add to the many remarks of love and compassion before ours…Bud will forever be in our lives. Thank you for your goals and dreams to reality that enabled us to embark on ours, we are forever grateful Bud. The reasons why you were here , we all can attest to… the largeness of your heart. Through each and every one of us your legacies will live on.
Kris Joostema MacMillin
June 22, 2012 at 2:50 pm
Kris and family,
I am so sorry to hear about Buddy (and he will always be Buddy to me, as he was when he was 10 years old when I first met him). Please know that you, Rhonda, and the rest of your families will be in my thoughts and prayers as you grieve this terrible loss. My heart is with you.
Steve & Cheryl Schumacher
June 22, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Bud, you gave much to family, friends, and colleagues, and your giving ended far too soon. We and many, many other people will miss you. Please give our fond regards to Odd when you meet up with him.
Erika, Fernando, Luis and Andre
June 23, 2012 at 8:40 am
Dear Bud,
We won’t be able to be there in presence with you today, but our hearts will be with you always. We loved you and will always do. Rest in Peace dear friend. Erika, Fernando, Luis e Andre
Don Riemer and Liz Cabrera
June 23, 2012 at 11:52 am
Kris,
We didn’t know your brother well, but the loss of siblings goes deep. Way too close to home, and we can both imagine how you feel. Our deepest sympathies to you and your family. And we hope to see you soon.
Don and Liz
Adriano Weber
June 23, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Dear Bud,
It´s sad to say good bye to a friend like you. But we all are going to meet you sooner or later. By then, our heart and thoughts are with you celebrating your Life.
Thank you for the great human being you were.
Adriano Weber and family.
Gerry Campbell
June 23, 2012 at 1:15 pm
When we heard of Bud’s passing it was like a physical body-blow. Bud’s sincerity, humour, generosity and passion will be for me impossible to find again in this lifetime. There are people whose soul radiates and Bud was one of those people. It was the most cheerful and exhilarating thing to engage with Bud in conversations about history and theatre and business and family and the nature of caring. His conversations were peppered with remarkable insights on all topics but tempered with a cheerful attentiveness to ideas which were not necessarily his own. Thank God we had a chance to know him.
Gerry Campbell and Barbara de Kat (Toronto)
Bradley
June 23, 2012 at 1:21 pm
Bud,
we had so many unfinished conversations about life.
I’ll miss you.
please take care of yourself wherever you are.
Bradley
Sandra Sanchez
June 24, 2012 at 10:35 pm
God bless you, thanks for everything.
I will never forget your name or your father and family
fred vogel
June 25, 2012 at 11:55 am
Buddy, I saw you at the 20 year re-union. I remember you invited my wife and I to come over to stay at your house in Easton, PA.
What a nice person were you! I wish I would of take you up on your offer!
You were a good man!
God bless you, I know you’re in heaven!
Fred Vogel
CJ Tyson
July 21, 2012 at 6:39 pm
Bud,
Thank you so much for being in my life. I see myself in you everyday. And from the very first day we met, I’ve wanted to be just like you. Your character, perspective, heart was so wise and so at ease. You were there for my like a father and brother, something I cherish so dear.
I think of you everyday Bud. I wish to leave a lasting impression on the world the way you have.
Jim Persing
July 5, 2016 at 3:02 pm
I am sorry to have found this out so late. Bud and I very passing friends at Susquehanna, but I always thought of him as a gentleman and a gentle man. An all round good guy. My condolences.