Busch, Adalene Marie (Wieling) 1933 - 2018

BUSCH, WIELING, SCHMITZ, ANDERSON, BAIRD, LANDA, LENZ, SUTTON, KRAFT, HOUDEK, SWANSON, BALDWIN, LUKAS, PETERS, BONESTROO, FISHER, BEAR, BRINCKS

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/19/2024 at 21:00:45

Adalene Busch, age 85 of Festina, IA died Friday, June 8, 2018 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian IA.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 12:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at Our Lady of Seven Dolores Catholic Church in Festina, IA with Father Robert Gross presiding, burial will be in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at the Festina Community Center, with a rosary at 4:00 and scripture service at 7:00 there will also be visitation after 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the community center.

Adalene Marie (Wieling) Busch was born on March 11, 1933, the daughter of Gustave Gerhardt and Mary Catherine (Schmitz) Wieling in Cresco, Iowa. Adalene attended school in Cresco and Lawler and then graduated from Calmar High School in 1950. She worked at Brueckner’s Drugstore in Calmar. Adalene was united in marriage to Hubert Busch on September 16, 1952, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar. Together they farmed near Festina and Adalene also worked at Graphics in Calmar from 1969 until she retired in 1998. Hubert and Adalene moved into Festina in 1986, and she moved to Wellington Place in the Assisted Living in March 2011 and to the Ossian Senior Hospice in October Of 2013. Adalene enjoyed crocheting, dancing to polka music and going to Polka Fests. Adalene was a member of Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church, in Festina, where she was an active member helping with music and as the bookkeeper.

Adalene is survived by her five children: Robert Busch, Festina, IA; Donna (Dennis) Anderson, Hager City, WI; Jerry (Judy) Busch, Ossian, IA; Sheila (Wayne) Baird, Denver, IA; and Loren (Colleen) Busch, Burr Oak, IA. Sixteen grandchildren: Scott Busch, Michelle (Jason) Landa, Travis Busch, Jeremy (Dulcie) Anderson, Kelly (Jennifer) Anderson, Stacy (Adam Lenz) Anderson, Lyndsey Anderson, Chris (Allison) Busch, Terri Busch, Samantha Sutton, Sandra (Damian) Kraft, Alexander Baird, Celine Houdek, Crystal Busch, Chelcie Busch and Cloey Busch. Great grandchildren: Derek, Avery and Nora Busch; Nevaeh Busch; Gabriel, Adalaide and Reagan Landa; Roslind and Riley Anderson; Kali Swanson; Braydon and Landon Anderson. Two sisters: Rosalyn Baldwin, San Diego, CA, and Alice (Lester) Lukas, Calmar, IA. Sister-in-law: Alice Peters, West Union, IA. and many nieces and nephews.

Adalene was preceded in death by her parents: Gustave Gerhardt and Mary Catherine (Schmitz) Wieling. Her husband: Hubert Busch. Infant son: Lawrence Busch. Daughter-in-law: Sharon Busch. One sister: Mary Jane Bonestroo. One grandson: Benjamin Baird. Sisters-in-law Regina Busch, Loretta (Leo) Fisher, Bernice (Raymond) Bear. Brothers-in-law: John Baldwin Jr., Alfred Busch, Leo Brincks, Bill Peters, and Ewald Busch.

Source: Schluter - Balik Funeral Home database

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