Laura Ann (Kinnan) Orchard Busch (1970)

BALL, BUSCH, KINNAN, NICHOLAS, ORCHARD, RITCHIE

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 9/29/2007 at 18:00:37

Winterset Madisonian - February 25, 1970
Winterset, Iowa

BURIAL HERE FOR CRASH VICTIMS

The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. Busch of Cooper, who were killed in a highway accident near Grand Junction Feb. 13, were brought to Winterset Friday for burial in Pleasant View cemetery in this county.

Mr. Busch was a former Madison county resident. He and Mrs. Busch had been married since 1965. They had been living at Cooper since their marriage.

Funeral services were held Friday from the First Baptist church in Jefferson.

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Double funeral services for Joe W. Busch, 59 and Laura A. Busch, 59, both of Cooper were at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 17, 1970, in the First Baptist Church, Jefferson. The Rev. Gary H. Rhodes, pastor of the church spoke words of comfort. Mrs. James Kearney sang “In The Garden” accompanied by Mrs. Eldon Kinsman.

Gerald Lawton, John Barber, Gene Ure, George Meinecke Jr., Tom McCurdy and Earl White were casket bearers. Interment was in the Pleasant View Cemetery, Winterset, Iowa.

Laura Ann Busch was born September 28, 1910 in Greene County, Iowa and passed away February 13, 1970. She was the daughter of Walter S. and Perl Ritchie Kinnan. She spent her life in Greene County and graduated from the Churdan School with the class of 1929.

Laura and Claude Orchard were united in marriage at Scranton in 1931, five sons and two daughters were born to this union. Mrs. Busch was a member of the First Baptist Church.

In March 1965 Laura and Joe W. Busch were united in marriage and established their home in Cooper where they lived until their death February 13, 1970, in a car accident.

She was preceded in death by her parents, an infant daughter, two brothers and two sisters.

She is survived by five sons, William, Jack and Jerry Orchard, all of Jefferson, Dick Orchard of San Pedro, California and Leon Orchard of Omaha, Nebraska; one daughter, Mrs. William (Connie) Ball of Paris Island, South Carolina; three brothers, Charles Kinnan of Stuart, Roger Kinnan of Scranton and Virgil Kinnan of Jefferson; one sister, Mrs. Doyle (Margret) Nicholas of Gowrie; other relatives and friends.

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