Westborough – David W. Budding, 76, of Westborough, passed away Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 at the Metrowest Medical Center in Framingham. He was the husband of Martha M. (Mirly) Budding.
Born in Quincy, he was the son of the late John and Isabel (Nickerson) Budding. He was educated at the Cathedral Choir School at St. John the Divine in Manhattan and at South Kent School in South Kent, Conn. He graduated from Yale University and earned his graduate degree at Columbia University.
David taught history at Hampton Institute in Virginia, and then worked on education policy issues at the national level, first at the U.S. Office of Education, then at the National Institute for Education. Following his time in Washington, he worked at Abt Associates in Cambridge on housing policy and spent the later part of his career building and managing medical databases with Tufts Medical Center, Lifespan and Perot Systems.
David was a passionate gardener and most of all loved music, which gave him the greatest joy in his life and connected him with his beloved wife, Marti.
He has been a resident of Westborough since 2015, previously living in Ashland, Medfield, and Lexington.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by four children, Lauren Budding and her husband Pieter Cohen, of Brookline, Anthony Budding and his wife Jamie of Santa Cruz, Calif., Jeffrey Berndt and his wife Kristin of Ojai, Calif., and Nathan Berndt and his wife Malka of Lexington; a brother-in-law, Frank Kemp of Darien, Conn.; and 10 grandchildren, Kaila Lopez, Austin Cohen Sophia Cohen, Niels Cohen, Tyler Berndt, Erik Berndt, Kendell Berndt, Edie Berndt, Colin Sprague and Mason Sprague. He was the brother of the late Judith Kemp.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m., at the Village Church, 2 Central St., Wellesley.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Rd., Framingham, MA 01701.
