Mr. Budnick worked for the state’s Department of Revenue for 20 years, retiring in the early 1980s. He is survived by his son, Joe. His wife, Helen, died in 2001.

The curmudgeonly Budnick is 88. He gets around on his own power, driving a red Ford Taurus. He shares a tri-level home in Bothell with his son Joe, 38, who will soon move out to get married.

Joe Budnick. Counselor. Biography. I often talk to people about the concept of a “beacon.” This might also be called a person’s true essence or where their path in life seems to be leading them. It is ...

Joe Budnick, who grew up in Brookfield, remembers the moment his former fishing village in western Wahkiakum County was destroyed. Sometime in the late the 1950s, a logging company moved in and ...