Curtis “Bud” Blunt, son of the late Dwight Blunt and Helen Snider Blunt, was born on September 24, 1940 in Rural Essex, Missouri and departed this life on Sunday, April 28, 2019 at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 78 years.

Mr. Blunt was a veteran of the United States Air Force.  He was a farmer and a resident of Essex, Missouri.

On December 24, 1964, in Bloomfield, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Thelma Shipman.  Mrs. Blunt survives of their home in Essex, Missouri.

In addition to his wife, Thelma, he is survived by two sons, Jason Blunt and his wife Shiela of Essex, Missouri and Darrin Blunt and his wife Tonya of Benton, Missouri; by his brother, James Blunt and his wife Aud of Bloomfield, Missouri, by two sisters, Norma Williams of Las Vegas, Nevada and Judi Mitchell of Chesapeake, Virginia; by seven grandchildren, Jordan Blunt and his wife Kristin, Abigail Blunt, Emily Blunt, Matthew Blunt, Lydia Blunt, Tabitha Blunt and Rebekah Blunt and by his great-grandson, Quinton.

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, May 2, 2019 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Friday, May 3, 2019 at 11:00 a.m., with Rev. Jonathan Rice and Rev. Larry Taylor officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield.

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.