MRS. STINA BUSK PASSES AWAY

After a short illness from pneumonia and other complications, Mrs. Christian Hanson BUSK passed away at her home in Summit, early Saturday morning, April 7th. She had not been well, this winter and a severe attack of pneumonia was more than she could stand. The funeral was held at the Baptist church, Tuesday afternoon Rev. ANDERSON officiating. The interment was in the Summit cemetery beside her husband.

Mrs. Christian Hanson BUSK was born in Denmark, October 14th, 1860. She came to America and settled in New Jersey where she married Mr. BUSK in 1883. A year after they moved to Minnesota and lived there until 1902, when they came to South Dakota and settled in the Summit neighborhood. Eight children were born to the union, they are: Mrs. N. P. NELSON of Westbrook, Minn., Mrs. L. P. PETERSON of DuPree, S. Dak., Alfred BUSK of Chicago, Will BUSK of Marvin, Henry, Carl, David, and Myrtle BUSK of Summit. Her husband died in 1913. She also leaves 10 brothers and sisters. Mrs. BUSK was a true Christian woman and a loving mother and her life was spent for her children. She was held in high esteem by her friends and in her death they have suffered irreparable loss. The funeral was attended by a very large number of old friends of the deceased and they showed their grief by many beautiful floral offerings. Rev. ANDERSON preached an appropriate sermon, in which he eulogized the dead and comforted the living with the thought of the happy reunion beyond the grave. -- Summit (S. D.) Independent

Mrs. BUSK will be remembered by many of the older settlers here as the family made their home on the farm northwest of this village and now owned and occupied by A. K. NELSON and children, for many years.

Reprinted
Westbrook Sentinel
Westbrook, Minnesota


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