Obit: Buss, Elizabeth (1891 – 1976)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Buss, Swanson, Haemer, Schneider, Burtard, Hill, Klessig

---------Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 11 Aug 1976

Buss, Elizabeth (21 Nov 1891 – 6 Aug 1976)

Mrs. Emil Buss, 84, of RR 1, Curtiss, Wisconsin died at 3:50 Friday, August 6, 1976, at the Colonial Nursing Home at Colby. Services were held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, August 9 at the United Church of Christ in Owen, Wisconsin, with Rev. Loren Swanson officiating, and the Kraut-Maurina Funeral Home providing the services. Burial was at North Green Grove Church Cemetery (Colby Township – St. Paul’s).

Mrs. Buss, the former Elizabeth M. Buss, was born November 21, 1891 in Germany, and immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 6, and lived all her life in Green Grove Township, where she farmed with her husband Emil until his death in 1956. In addition to her farming, Mrs. Buss also worked for the Clark County Health Care Center.

Mrs. Buss was preceded in death by her husband Emil, in 1956, and her four brothers and one sister. She is survived by her children, Henry buss of Curtiss, Mrs. Lloyd (Emma) Haemer of Owen, Mrs. Robert (Anna Schneider of Greenwood, Mrs. John (Elda) Burtard of Owen, Mrs. Alfred (Minnie) Schneider of Ladysmith, and Mrs. Rueben (Linda) Hill of Owen.