Obit: Busse, Gustave Emil Otto #2 (1877 - 1953)

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Surnames: Busse, Sprengler, Kieser, Seehafer, Weichelt, Ziemer, Feile, Herzog, Kattner, Berge, Grimes, Schultz, Schmidt, Montgomery, Hoge, Jenks, Voltz, Juedes, Zimmerman, Baumbach, Boettcher 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 04/16/1953 
 

Busse, Gustave Emil Otto (4 Jan. 1877 - 10 Apr. 1953)  
 

Funeral services for Gustave Busse, 76, who died at his home, Friday afternoon April 10, after a long illness, were held Monday afternoon at Christ Lutheran church at 2:00 o’clock. The Rev. F. H. Sprengler officiated at the services during which the Misses Dorothy and Marilyn Kieser sang "Jesus Saviour, Pilot Me," and "The Lord Is My Shepherd." Burial was made in the Abbotsford cemetery.  
 

The pallbearers were six grandsons, Marvin, Ronald, and Eugene Busse, of Abbotsford; Gordon Seehafer, Stratford; Norman Seehafer, Unity; and Armin Seehafer, Marshfield. 
 

The flowers were carried by the Misses Carol and Shirley Busse, of Abbotsford, Mrs. Harold Weichelt and the Misses Jo Ann and Janet Seehafer, of Marshfield.  
 

Gustave Emil Otto Busse, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Carl Busse, was born in Naederhagen, Germany, on Jan. 4, 1877. At the age of 5 years, he came to America with his parents, three brothers and one sister, and settled on a farm near Reedsville.  
 

On June 8, 1899, he was married to Alvina Ziemer. Both of them had attended the same school and were confirmed in the same class. Shortly after their marriage they bought a farm three miles north and one mile east of Abbotsford and in 1902, they bought a farm three miles north of Abbotsford on Highway 13. They lived on the farms for a period of 47 years, and in 1946, sold the home farm to their son, John, and came to Abbotsford, where they built a house on Second Street.  
 

Mr. and Mrs. Busse celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1949.  
 

Mr. Busse was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran church, Dorchester, for 47 years, having been a member of the church council. The last years he held membership in Christ Lutheran church at Abbotsford, Wis. 
 

Surviving relatives are his widow; three sons, Albert, at home; Otto, town of Mayville; John, town of Holton; and one daughter, Mrs. Otto (Frieda) Seehafer, Marshfield; 14 grand children; 11 great grand children; a brother, Albert, of Reedsville and a sister, Mrs. Albert Schultz, of Brillion.  
 

Among relatives from away attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Feile, Mrs. Fred Busse, Miss Alma Busse, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Herzog, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kattner, of Manitowoc; Walter Busse, Mrs. Laura Berge, Sheboygan; Mrs. Ida Grimes, of Grimes; Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Busse, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Busse, New Holstein; Mr. and Mrs. John Schultz, Wayside; Mr. and Mrs. William Schultz, Miss Emma Schultz, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Schultz, Brillion; Julius Ziemer, Mrs. Bertha Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Montgomery, Weyauwega; Mrs. Emma Hoge, Milwaukee; Albert Busse, Mrs. Ella Jenks, James Jenks, Mrs. Minnie Voltz, Mr. and Mrs. Leonhard Voltz, Mr. and Mrs. William Voltz, Mrs. Frieda Juedes, Mrs. Augusta Zimmerman, Reedsville; 
 

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Seehafer and family, Clintonville; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Seehafer and family, Stratford; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Seehafer and family, Unity; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Seehafer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Weichelt and family, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Seehafer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baumbach and family, Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Boettcher, Medford.