Dodge City Daily Globe
Whether it was for the University Training Center or leadership through the many local boards he was a part of, Kansas District 38 Sen. Bud Estes leaves a lasting legacy for generations in Ford County.
Estes died on Saturday, Feb. 13, in Bucklin after a prolonged illness, according to his family.
Estes had received a kidney transplant in October 2017, a kidney donated to him by his daughter-in-law, according to Estes wife, Renae Estes.
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that struck in March 2020, Renae Estes said, He never actually tested positive for the virus but he was experiencing symptoms about mid-March and had them for a couple of weeks.