Harry Piper

Harry "Bud" Piper
Bud Piper passed away peacefully on January 30th at his home in New Boston, NH, surrounded by loving family and friends after several months of declining health due to stroke.
Bud lived life to the fullest. Born 1931 in Derry NH, Bud graduated from Pinkerton Academy where he was an all-state athlete in football and baseball. Bud served on the aircraft carrier USS Tarawa and traveled the world with the US Navy. He won the Middleweight Boxing title in the All Navy Tournament. While stationed at Kirtland AFB, Bud participated in Operation Plumbbob, the largest nuclear tests ever carried out in the continental USA.
On returning to NH after eight years in the Navy, Bud enrolled at NH Technical Institute. Upon graduating from NHTI he spent eight years at IBM working in Research & Development on the first mainframe computer – the 360. He returned to Hudson, NH where he raised his young family and built a successful residential real estate business – Piper Real Estate. He went on to form Piper Laurien Consulting Services, a commercial real estate and development firm. Bud served for many years as an expert witness in zoning, planning and land use regulations in the NH courts. He supported his town serving as Chairman of the Hudson Zoning Board and as the Hudson Chamber of Commerce President of the Board. In retirement he served his town of New Boston as Vice Chair of its Zoning Board.
Bud and his wife Lori enjoyed traveling throughout Europe, the Caribbean, US and Canada. He loved skiing, golfing, classical, swing and jazz piano, gardening, could fix anything mechanical, and loved restoring and building homes.
Some of his greatest joys have been with family and close friends: skiing and golfing, hot air ballooning, air gliding, pig roasts and zip-lines, the Plaza and Phantom, sailing with Mike & Mary, Disney and yards of ale, summer weddings with hail, and the grandkids and grand nieces and nephews searching for kicklesnifters in his beard!
Bud is survived by his wife and best friend of 32 years, Lori; his beloved twin daughters Charlene Piper Punsky of Nashua; Darlene Piper Merchant (and husband Bill) of Sun City Center, FL and his son Dean Piper (and his wife Robin) of Weare. He is survived by six grandkids and nine great grandchildren. And his furry companions Gigi and Toni.
He is survived by his brothers Fred Piper of Chester; and Michael Campbell of Clarksburg, CA, many nieces and nephews, and wonderful in-laws. He was predeceased by his parents Fred and Agnes Piper, a sister Agnes "Peachy" Sanderson, and great grandson Chance Healey.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to ARNNE.org; the Animal Rescue Network of New England in Pelham, NH.
A celebration for family and friends will be scheduled for Summer 2020.
The Cremation Society of New Hampshire is assisting the family.