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W. Raymond Busch, 78 Dies January 3W. Raymond Busch Sr., 78, of Pocahontas, formerly of St. Jacob, died January 3, 1992 at St. Joseph’sHospital in Highland.He was bom March 3, 1913,. in Irish Township in Clinton County, the son of the late Richard and Mary Ellen Clabaugh Busch. On August 11, 1945 he married Mary Arbgast, who survives.He farmed and drovp a school bus in Keyesport before moving to Troy - St. Jacob area where he drove a milk truck and worked for Blue Haven Service in Troy as a truck driver. He mo.ved to Pocahontas in 1973 and retired in 1978.Surviving in addition to his wife are four sons: Morris Busch of Portsmouth, OH, Raymond Busch Jr. of Pocahontas, Roger Busch of Trenton and Rodney Busch of Pocahontas; four daughters: Mary Anna Weakley ofCarbondale, Shirley Finke of Villa Grove, Sandra Lightle of Lincoln, NE and Suzanne Goetter of Trenton; a brother. Herb Busch of Keyesport; a sister Marie Childerson of Greenville; 19 grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.He was preceded in death by two brothers, August and Clifford; a sister, Ethel; and a granddaughter, Michelle Busch.Funeral services were held Monday at the Dewey, Schildknecht and Young Funeral Home in Greenville with the Rev. Linda Jenkins officiating. Interment was in McKendree Chapel cemetery.Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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Times-Tribune
Troy, Illinois, US
Thu, Jan 16, 1992
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