Obit: Buss, Mary #2 (1877 - 1962)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Buss, Zimmer, Roesler, Knutson, Ramberg, Sprangler, Barth, Rossman

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 01/25/1962

Buss, Mary (16 JUN 1877 - 9 JAN 1962)

Funeral service were conducted by Rev. R. Olson at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Thorp, Friday afternoon, Jan. 12 for Mrs. Herman Buss, who passed away Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1962 of a heart attack at the home of her daughter.

Mary Zimmer was born in Ottawa, Canada June 16, 1877 and came to Wisconsin with her parents and family when a small child. They settled on a farm in the town of Reseburg (Clark Co., Wis.). In 1894 she was united in marriage to Carl Roesler and lived on a farm in the town of Reseburg.

After the death of her husband, she was united in marriage to Herman Buss on Oc.t 5, 1910 by Rev. Bubeck at Cadott, and lived on the same farm. They retired in the spring of 1945 and moved to Stanley, where they had lived since 1959, when her husband passed away, thereafter she stayed with her son and daughters.

Surviving are three sons and five daughters, Wm. Roesler and Hugo Roesler of Thorp, (Clara) Mrs. Hans Knutson, Eau Claire, (Hilma) Mrs. Ed Ramberg, Thorp, (Orlena) Mrs. Rev. Sprangler, Dorchester, (Gertrude) Mrs. John Barth, Thorp, Robert Buss, Chippewa Falls, (Mary) Mrs. Reuben Rossman, Thorp, eleven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Burial was made in the East Thorp Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Emil Welzien, Louis Pagel, Herman Doege, Elmer Sachs, Elmer Kuester, Gordon Sorkness.