He was born August 31, 1928, at Fairport, the son of Hary and Laura Hudnall.  "Bud" to his friends and family, Harry grew up in Fairport and graduated from Paradise High School. He was the senior class president of Class of 1946.

He joined the U.S. Navy in 1948 and was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He retired from the Navy as a chief after 20 years of service to his county.
Harry returned to Russell County in 1975. He worked in the oil fields and later owned "Hudnall's Oil Service" before retiring in 1990.

He was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.

He was preceded in death by: his parents; and his wife, Delores Biesterfeld Hudnall.

Survivors include: two sons, Gary Dale Hudnall, Sausalito, Calif., and John Stuart Hudnall, San Leandro, Calif; two daughters, Lola Mae Hudnall, Hayward, Calif., and Gina Lynne Abercrombie, Livermore, Calif., his first wife and mother of their children, Frances Marie Ortiz; stepmother, Edna Mae Hudnall Otte and her husband Orval Otte, Great Bend; one brother, Harold
Hudnall, Great Bend; three sisters, Dorothy Wilson, Lincoln, Neb., Karen Jakub, Derby and Connie Steinle, Englewood, Colorado; and three grandchildren.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 14, at Pohlman's Mortuary, Russell.

Burial will follow at Fairport Cemetery, Fairport.
Memorials are suggested to the Russell Public Library.