Clifford Henry Busch was born May 24, 1926 to Carl and Bertha Hoeck Busch at Swea City, Iowa. He died June 5, 1971 and is buried in Homewood Cemetery, Ellsworth, IA. He had lived in Swea City and Bancroft prior to moving to Ellsworth in 1947.
Pvt. Busch served with the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II.
His Obituary: South Hamilton Record, Jewell, IA - June 10, 1971
Ellsworth man killed in elevator mishap
Clifford Busch, 45-year-old Ellsworth man, suffocated Saturday forenoon after he was buried under 200 bushels of corn at a grain elevator in Ellsworth. He reportedly became entangled in a grain auger and was dragged into the grain.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. R.D. Ehlers officiating. Burial was in the Homewood Cemetery, Ellsworth, with military rites at graveside. The Becker Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Joe Hanson, Kenneth Johnson, Paul Valde, Dale Thompson, Robert Thompson and Charles Busch.
Clifford Henry Busch, son of Carl and Bertha Hoeck Busch, was born May 24, 1927, at Swea City, Iowa, and died June 5, 1971 at Ellsworth at the age of 45 years and 10 days. He had lived in Swea City and Bancroft prior to moving to Ellsworth in 1947.
He was united in marriage to Helen Kantak on September 19, 1948, at the Little Brown Church near Nashua, Iowa. He had been employed by the Farmers Cooperative Elevator in Ellsworth for the past 10 years.
He is survived by his wife; three children, William Busch, now in the U.S. Navy at Tacoma, Wash., Allen Busch, in the U.S. Navy at Long Beach, Calif., and Miss Helen Busch of Jefferson, Mo.; three brothers, Howard Busch of Algona, Harold Busch of Swea City and Irvin Busch of Ellsworth; and two sisters, Mrs. Lee Peterson of Sparks, Nebr., and Mrs. Marlin Larsen of Westminster, Calif.
He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Marines.
Mr. Busch was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Ellsworth.
Source: ancestry.com
