Mildred L. (Haupt) BUSEMAN

BUSEMAN, HAUPT, SMITH, OLSON, AHRENS, JOHNSON, FRIESLEBEN

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Date: 6/2/2007 at 16:27:22

Mason City Globe-Gazette
October 25, 1999

BELMOND - Mildred L. Buseman, 83, passed away Saturday (Oct. 23, 1999) at her son's home in Meservey. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Immanuel Reformed Church near Belmond with the Rev. Rob Ford officiating. Burial will be in Belmond Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Dugger Ewing Funeral Home in Belmond.

Mildred, the daughter of Frank and Katie Smith Haupt, was born April 27, 1916, in Wibaux, Mont. At a very early age her family moved to Iowa. Mildred grew up in the Rowan/Belmond area where she attended country schools. Mildred was united in marriage with Erwin A. Buseman on August 10, 1933, in Clarion. The couple lived in Clarion for a time. They then lived in various towns before moving to a farm near Alexander. Mildred and Erwin moved into Belmond in 1973. Erwin passed away April 7, 1995. Mildred worked as a housewife and mother and enjoyed embroidery work. She also enjoyed gardening and raising chickens. Mildred was a member of the Immanuel Reformed Church.

Mildred is survived by one son, Harlan and his wife, Judy, of Meservey; nine grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; four sisters, Minnie Olson of Dows, Wilma Friesleben and her husband, Hartley, of Clarion, Lorraine Johnson and her husband, Earl, of Iowa Falls, and Helen Ahrens of Rowan; five brothers, Robert Haupt of Belmond; Bernard Haupt and his wife, Helen, of North Liberty, Raymond Haupt and his wife, Arthurine, of Dows, Donald Haupt and his wife, Wava, of Clarion, and Duane Haupt and his wife, Darilyn, of Dows; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one son, Donald; and two brothers, Ed and Alvin. Dugger Ewing Funeral Home, Belmond.