Obit: Bushman, Francis Thomas (1958 - 2016)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Bushman, Butler, Gabrielson, Holmes, Sahlin

----Source: The Heindl Funeral Home (Phillips, WI) 4/31/2016

Bushman, Francis Thomas (30 MAY 1958 - 3 APR 2016**)

Fran was born on Friday, May 30, 1958, in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, the son of Harvey and Julia (Walcisak) Bushman.

He was raised on his family’s dairy farm in Kennan and was a 1976 graduate of Phillips High
School. After graduation, he moved to Milwaukee where he worked for Kempen Brothers Construction. After 2 years, he moved back to Kennan and was married to Susan Holmes in Catawba on October 13, 1979.

In 1983, he bought his first dairy farm in Kennan where he farmed and raised his family. In 2001 he moved to Phillips and worked as an Agent for Coldwell Banker and then later owned and operated Landmark Properties Realty in Phillips. During this time, he also owned and operated the Dollar Discount Store, founded and operated the Bottom Dollar, and Four Seasons Northwoods Apparel stores in Phillips.

In 2011 he received his Associates Degree from Nicolet College in Rhinelander and worked as a welder for OEM in Prentice until he retired. In 2013 he moved to Lone Jack, Missouri and received his one-year certificate for the World Revival Network of Ministries Intensive Training Program in Tiffany Springs, Kansas. In 2014 he returned to Phillips where he spent his free time building log furniture, gardening, motorcycling, hunting, fishing, and playing smear. He especially enjoyed spending time with family and friends and was a member of Victory Christian Center church in Phillips.

He is survived by his wife, Susan; by three children, Adam, Wauwatosa, WI, Joel, Lake Geneva, WI, and Katie, Lee’s Summit, MO; by one brother, Eugene (Terry), Kennan; and by two sisters, Charlotte (John) Sahlin, Hawkins, and Mary (Craig) Butler, Cedarburg, WI. He is preceded in death by his parents.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, April 9, at the Victory Christian Center with Pastor Carol Gabrielson officiating. Interment will be in the Lakeside Cemetery in Phillips. Friends may call at the church on Friday, April 8, after 5:00 P.M. and on Saturday from 9:30 A.M. until the time of services.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.heindlfuneralhome.com.

The Heindl Funeral Home in Phillips is assisting the family with funeral arrangements.

** Note: Birth data was extracted from the funeral home obituary heading.