Busenitz, Margarethe (1881-1974)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1974 Jun 13 p. 8

Birth date: 1881

text of obituary:

Newton and Vicinity

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• Funeral services for Mrs. Margarethe Busenitz, 93, of rural Whitewater were held Wednesday afternoon at the Emmaus Mennonite Church, with Rev. L. R. Amstutz in charge. Mrs. Busenitz died Sunday at the Peabody Memorial Nursing Home. She was born in Russia and had resided in the Whitewater community since 1893. Her marriage to Frank Busenitz occurred in 1901, and he died in 1955. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Herman Entz of Route 2, Newton, Mrs. Gus Entz of rural Peabody, and Mrs. Albert Entz of Route 3, Newton; four sons, Edward A. of Newton, Frank W. and Walter, both of Whitewater, and Bernhard of Dinuba, Calif.; 39 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. G. A. Harder of Newton, Mrs. Gilbert Suter of Pandora, Ohio, and Mrs. Bernhard Entz of Whitewater.