TUSHA, Darlene M. (1940-1990)

TUSHA, MILLER, DORNBIER, KILLIN, HEJLIK

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society
Date: 6/1/2023 at 12:13:11

Darlene Tusha
1940-1990

Services for Darlene Tusha, 49, Garner, who died Saturday, Sept. 15, 1990 as a result of an automobile accident near Fonda, will be held Wednesday, Sept. 19, 10:30 a.m. at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Duncan with Rev. Dale Rausch officiating.

Music will be provided by Mary Kopacek, organist, and the St. Wenceslaus Church Choir. Ushers will be Kenny Paca, Robert Prohaska and Vern Prohaska.

Casketbearers are Donald Hejlik, Mark Hejlik, Derwin Dornbier, Dwight Dornbier, Mike Dornbier and Phil Dornbier.

Burial will be at St. John's Catholic Cemetery in Duncan with Ewing Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Darlene Mae Tusha, the daughter of Clarence and Elizabeth Miller Dornbier, was born October 15, 1940 in Wesley. She graduated from Wesley High School.

November 22, 1961, she married George Tusha in Wesley. The couple farmed and made their home in the Garner area.

Darlene was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Rosary Society and she was the recording secretary for the Catholic Workmen. She was an excellent sewer.

She is survived by her husband, George Tusha of Garner; three sons, Tim of Garner, Tom of Brookings, SD and Ted at home; three brothers, Donald Dornbier and his wife, Rose of Garner, Edward Dornbier and his wife, Rosa of Mesa, AZ, and Gene Dornbier of Wesley; two sisters, Maxine Killin and her husband, Mark of Des Moines, and Sally Hejlik and her husband, Gary of Britt.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Dale.

source: Leader, Garner, Iowa, 19 Sep 1990, page 6, column 1