Carl D. (Bud) Ferrel

Carl D. “Bud” Ferrel, age 88, of Council Bluffs, passed away at Jennie Edmundson Hospital on November 23, 2019.

Bud was born March 27, 1931 in Council Bluffs to the late Jesse and Eva (Skipton) Ferrel. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1949 and proudly served his country in the U. S. Navy from 1951 – 1955 during the Korean War. Bud served on the Council Bluffs Fire Department from 1954 – 1979, retiring as an engineer in 1979 and drove a school bus for Lewis Central Schools from 1971-2008. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Omaha.
Bud was a good friend of John L. Gorrilla, serving aboard the USS Passumpsic.