Noted wildlife educator Tom Hudak died last month in his home in New Mexico.
Thomas Richard Hudak, a former Rochester-area resident, was a zoologist and botanist who made it his life's mission to educate others about reptiles and wildlife conservation and safety. He was 61.
His wife Amy Hudak said that Mr. Hudak died suddenly on July 21 from what appeared to be a recently diagnosed aortic aneurysm. He was also survived by his daughter Whitney, brothers John and Robert and numerous other relatives.
A graduate of Gates-Chili High School, Mr. Hudak studied horticulture at Alfred State College and biology at the State University College at Geneseo.