Funeral Held For OSU Women's Basketball Coach

Friday, November 25th 2011, 2:16 pm

By: News 9

Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach Kurt Budke was laid to rest Friday in Stillwater.

Budke died last week in a plane crash in central Arkansas.

His funeral was held at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Friday morning. He was buried in Stillwater's Fairlawn Cemetery.

Budke and assistant basketball coach Miranda Serna were headed to watch prospective recruits play in a game in Little Rock on November 17, 2011.

Pilot Olin Branstetter, a former Oklahoma state legislator, and his wife, Paula, also were killed.

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