Mrs. ANTHONY F. (Willa M.) BUSSAN 1915-2003

BADER, HANCOCK, BUSSAN, HYDE, ROHRET, NACK, WESER

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 9/19/2003 at 08:24:08

Willa M. Bussan

Telegraph Herald - Sunday, August 3, 2003

Mrs. Anthony F. (Willa M.) Bussan, 87, of the Galena (Ill.) Stauss Hospital and Healthcare Center, formerly of Dubuque, died at 5:15 a.m. Friday, Aug. 1, 2003, at the Galena Stauss Hospital and Healthcare Center.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Behr Funeral Home, 1491 Main St., Dubuque, where friends may call after 11 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Dubuque.

She was born on Nov. 15, 1915, in McMinnville, Tenn., and was raised by Kirby and Eula (Bader) Hancock. Willa grew up on the Hancock farm in Elizabeth, where she attended a country school and rode horses and skied whenever she got the chance.

She married Anthony F. Bussan on Feb. 12, 1942, in Dubuque; he preceded her in death on Jan. 2, 1975. She was a homemaker and loved being a wife and mother. She later worked as a social outreach worker, cook and receptionist at the Washington Opportunity Center, where she helped many people.

Willa made many friends in Dubuque over the years, especially as a resident at Ecumenical Towers. Willa's family was the most important thing in her life and they will miss her dearly.

Surviving are two daughters, Linda (Jeffrey) Hyde, of Fairfax, S.C., and Joanne (Michael) Rohret, of St. Louis; four grandchildren, Jeff (Tina) Hyde, of Fairfax, Sarah (Thomas) Nack, of Galena, Lisa (Ben) Weser, of Denver, and Chris Rohret, of Chicago; and a great-grandchild, Kane Jeffrey Hyde, of Fairfax.

A Willa M. Bussan Memorial Fund has been established.