Colleagues of Clarence “Butch” Pugh, a former Sedgwick County sheriffs’ detention deputy killed in a motorcycle accident last month, are planning a benefit Friday to raise money to help bring his wife home to Wichita.
A dinner, silent auction, car show and karaoke contest are scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Friday at Signatures Lounge, 1621 S. Woodlawn.
The aim is to raise $25,000 to bring Debi Pugh back home from a hospital in Billings, Mont., where she is recovering after suffering multiple broken bones and having her left leg amputated. Butch and Debi Pugh had taken their new Honda Goldwings on vacation to Yellowstone Park. A driver of a pickup truck fell asleep at the wheel June 20, crossed the center line and hit the couple, killing Butch Pugh, and injuring Debi Pugh. Butch was 53.