BUSSA, Arthur D. "Art"

BUSSA, RUSHTON, MILLER, BARLOW, JOHNSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 11/29/2018 at 07:37:18

Obituary ~ Arthur D. "Art" Bussa
October 16, 1909 ~ June 24, 1995

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
June 27, 1995

CLEAR LAKE --- Arthur D. Bussa, 85, of 1100 Sixth Ave. S., died Saturday (June 24, 1995) at the North Iowa Mercy Health Center East in Mason City.

Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, 1995, at the United Methodist Church in Clear Lake, with the Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. Burial will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery. Visitation is from 3:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Ward Van-Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth, and one hour prior to service at the church.

Art was born Oct. 16, 1909 in Calhoun County, Lake City, Iowa, the son of Fred Bussa and Charlotte (nee) Rushton Bussa. He attended rural schools in Cerro Gordo County. He worked for many farmers before coming to Clear Lake.

Art married Elsie Miller Nov. 24, 1943 south of Clear Lake in the bride's home. He worked in Robert Nichols gas station, later Larry Deyo station, then opened his own gas station. Art later worked for Ted Sauke Hardware and then the City of Clear Lake in the Street Department and the Cemetery Department for over 12 years, retiring in 1972.

He was a square dance caller at the Surf on Friday nights for 12 years. He loved to collect little nick nacks and old farm pictures. Art is a member of Clear Lake United Methodist Church, Clear Lake, Iowa, I.O.O.F. Lodge, Clear Lake, and the Clear Lake Fishing Club.

He is survived by his wife, Elsie Bussa, Clear Lake; one sister, Mrs. Doris Barlow, Clear Lake; and one brother, Everett Bussa and his wife, Margaret, Melrose Park, Ill. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Walter Bussa and Herbert Bussa; two infant sisters, Fern Bussa and Irene Bussa; and one step-sister, Leta Johnson.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2018