Thelma (Hamilton) Busch
1914-1987

Black River Falls-Thelma R. Busch, 72, Route 4, died Saturday at Black River Memorial Hospital, Black River Falls. Thelma Hamilton was born in Atchison, Kan., and married Charles F. Busch Dec. 3, 1944, in Decatur, Neb. The couple lived in North Dakota, Missouri and Zion, Ill. She moved to Black River Falls in 1979.

Survivors include two sons, Paul, Zion, Ill., Robert, Black River Falls; three daughters, Sharon Hefner, Denver, Colo., Marie Kay Wingard, Black River Falls, Julie Johnson, North Edwards, Calif.; a brother, Daniel Hamilton, Bullard, Texas; three sister, Laura Magnuson, Ava, Mo. Mae West, Scranton, Ark., Elizabeth Wooldridge, Blairsville, Penn., and 11 grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Black River Falls Assembly of God Church, with burial Thursday in Pine View Cemetery, Waukegan, Ill.  Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Torgerson’s Funeral Chapel, Black River Falls, and from noon until services Wednesday at church