Bouska, Esther Anna (Duneman) 1919 – 2007

BOUSKA, DUNEMAN, BERGMAN, LEWIS, SCOLES, GERBER, DVORAK, KACH, STINSON

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 4/1/2013 at 09:14:44

Source: Cresco Times October 31, 2007, Page 6A

Esther Bouska, 88

Funeral services for Esther A. Bouska will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 2, 2007 at Notre Dame Church in Cresco, IA with Rev. Richard Ament officiating. Gifts will be presented to the altar by Jodi, Julie, and Dominiq Bouska. Pallbearers are: Tim Bouska, Tom Bouska, Dominiq Bouska, Jeff Kinney, Vern Trachta, and Ray Bina. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery in Schley, IA.

Friends may call from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday at the Conway Funeral Home in Cresco and an hour prior to services on Friday. There will be a 7 p.m. Scripture service on Thursday.

Conway Funeral Home in Cresco, IA is handling the arrangements.

Esther, 88, died Sunday, October 28, 2007 at Evans Memorial Home in Cresco, IA.

Esther Anna Bouska was born April 7, 1919 in Winneshiek County, IA the daughter of Edward A. and Jennie M. (Bergman) Duneman. She attended rural school near her home in the Ridgeway area.

On June 15, 1937, she married William F. Bouska at Holy Cross Church in Schley. To this union, three children were born. They farmed near Schley and lived there until 1982, when they moved into Cresco.

She enjoyed cooking, sewing, baking, embroidery, quilts, playing cards, and bingo.

She is survived by one son: William E. Bouska; one daughter: Kathleen Bouska, both of Cresco, IA; four grandchildren: Tim (Annie) Bouska of Rome, NY, Tom (Tamara) Bouska of Hampton, VA, Jodi Bouska (friend Jeff Kinney) of Elkton, MN, and Julia Bouska of Cresco, IA; six great-grandchildren: Joshua, Jacob, Sky, T.J., Brianna, and Dominiq Bouska; one brother: Arnold Duneman of Cresco, IA; and one sister: Hazel Lewis of Greene, IA.

Esther was preceded in death by her parents, her husband William F. in 1976; one daughter: Marion Scoles; four brothers: Kenneth, Earlen, Raymond, and Gaylen Duneman; and four sisters: Lucille Gerber, Gladys Dvorak, Margaret Kach, and Irene Stinson.

Transcribed from a newspaper clipping submitted by Janice Sowers.