Luther M. BUSS

BUSS, BUSCH, MOTT, SPANGLER, CARLSON, FLUMERFELT, LENARZ, LOWE, ST AMAND, HEITLAND

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/1/2007 at 21:34:10

March 25, 2003
Mason City Globe Gazette

MASON CITY — Luther M. Buss, 90, of Mason City, died Sunday (March 23, 2003) at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. in Mason City, with the Rev. Dr. John "Jack" Gannett of the St. John’s Episcopal Church, officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery, with full military rites by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the Major Erickson Funeral Home and one hour before services on Wednesday. Memorials may be given to the Luther M. Buss Memorial Fund.

Luther was born Sept. 27, 1912, in Chapin, the son of Evert and Emma (Busch) Buss. He attended rural schools in the Chapin area and moved to Mason City in 1922 and graduated Mason City High School in 1932. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II and received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. He was married to Helen Mae Mott on Jan. 14, 1946, at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Mason City. She preceded him in death in February of 1967. He was married to Dorothy (Spangler) Carlson on Feb. 25, 1969, in Goldfield, Iowa. Luther worked for the Interstate Power Co. for 25 years as a meter repairer and tester. He also worked several years for the “very best” bakery in Clear Lake. He was a member of the St. John’s Episcopal Church, where he was head usher for 15 years. He was also a member of the V.F.W., D.A.V., American Legion, AmVets, Harding Lodge #649 A.F. & A.M. and High Twelve. He was a longtime member of the Senior Citizens Center. For 26 years he was involved with the Boy Scouts receiving the Silver Beaver and was a member of the Order of Arrow.

Survivors are his wife, Dorothy L. Buss, of Mason City; son, Timothy “Tim” Buss and wife, Diane, of Mason City; stepdaughters, Donna Jean Flumerfelt and husband, Don, of Eagle Grove and Emma Jean Carlson, of Olin; stepsons, Ole Carlson and wife, Janice, of Hampton, Minn. and Jerry Carlson, of Des Moines; grandsons, Nikolaus, Kristofer and Zachary Buss, all of Mason City; great-grandson, Preston Buss; stepgrandchildren, Denise Lenarz, Dan Flumerfelt, John Carlson and Courtney Carlson; step great-granddaughter, Olivia Flumerfelt; brother, Ralph Buss and wife, Harriette, of Eugene, Ore.; numerous nieces and nephews and many little neighborhood children whom he enjoyed. He was preceded by his parents; first wife Helen; son in infancy; four brothers, Jack, Ernie, Lawrence and Everette; three sisters, Lois Lowe, Ethel St. Amand and Carrie Heitland; and one great-grandson, Zaine Nikolaus Buss. Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory.