2027
Waylen
2004
Waylen Busho
March 29, 2027 — January 30, 2004
REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF WAYLEN GEORGE BUSHO..
The Funeral Service for Waylen G. Busho of Ellendale, will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at the First Lutheran Church in Ellendale. The Reverend Arne Halbakken will officiate. Interment will be in the First Lutheran
Cemetery in Ellendale. Military Honors will be accorded. Visitation will be from
4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Monday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Ellendale, and one
hour before the service at the church.
Waylen died on Friday, January 30, 2004 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester.
He was 76.
Waylen was born on March 29, 1927, in Ellendale, Minnesota to George William and Eva Mae (Randall) Busho. He attended school in Ellendale. In 1948, he enlisted in the United States Army. He was being shipped out to Japan when the Korean conflict broke out. They were sent directly to Seoul Korea. While serving 13 months in Korea, he was wounded twice. The first time he was sent to Japan to recuperate,
after which he returned to the front lines. When wounded the second time he was sent back to the United States. He received two Purple Hearts and one Silver Star for Bravery.
On November 1, 1952, he married Arlene Mae Jensen the daughter of John Jensen and Effel (Olsen) Jensen at the Community Lutheran Church of Geneva.
Together with his father, Waylen ran Busho and Son Garage and then in 1968 when his father died, he began working for North Central Plastics, where he worked for 21 years before retiring.
Waylen and Arlene took a great interest in doing for the Veteran?s who were hospitalized and for their families. Waylen was a member of the Veteran's of Foreign Wars Post 8941 and the American Legion Post 296 of Ellendale, Disabled
American Veteran's of Albert Lea, The Cooties Pup Tent of Waseca and the Korean
War Vetern's Chapter Seventh U.S. Cavalry Association.
Waylen retired from the Ellendale Fire Department after 37 years of service. He was on the Ellendale Ambulance for 21 years.
He loved watching children and was Saint Nick for 21 years going to different homes in Ellendale, Geneva, and the New Richland area.
Waylen is survived by his wife Arlene, daughter Waynetta and her husband (John) Gentry of Miami, Oklahoma, son Waylen Busho and his wife Jayne of Ellendale,
daughter Annette Busho of Owatonna, five grandchildren: Chad Alan Peterson of Faribault, Rodney Alan Peterson and his wife Nicole of Owatonna, Nicole and her husband Robert Jakes of Faribault, Brody Waylen and Logan Erik Busho of Ellendale; one great granddaughter Jasmine Marie Peterson; one brother Robert Busho and his wife Virginia of Ellendale; one sister Judy Severson of Rapid City, South Dakota; one brother-in-law Arne Jensen of Geneva, and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and one great granddaughter Mariah Jakes.
The Funeral Service for Waylen G. Busho of Ellendale, will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at the First Lutheran Church in Ellendale. The Reverend Arne Halbakken will officiate. Interment will be in the First Lutheran
Cemetery in Ellendale. Military Honors will be accorded. Visitation will be from
4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Monday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Ellendale, and one
hour before the service at the church.
Waylen died on Friday, January 30, 2004 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester.
He was 76.
Waylen was born on March 29, 1927, in Ellendale, Minnesota to George William and Eva Mae (Randall) Busho. He attended school in Ellendale. In 1948, he enlisted in the United States Army. He was being shipped out to Japan when the Korean conflict broke out. They were sent directly to Seoul Korea. While serving 13 months in Korea, he was wounded twice. The first time he was sent to Japan to recuperate,
after which he returned to the front lines. When wounded the second time he was sent back to the United States. He received two Purple Hearts and one Silver Star for Bravery.
On November 1, 1952, he married Arlene Mae Jensen the daughter of John Jensen and Effel (Olsen) Jensen at the Community Lutheran Church of Geneva.
Together with his father, Waylen ran Busho and Son Garage and then in 1968 when his father died, he began working for North Central Plastics, where he worked for 21 years before retiring.
Waylen and Arlene took a great interest in doing for the Veteran?s who were hospitalized and for their families. Waylen was a member of the Veteran's of Foreign Wars Post 8941 and the American Legion Post 296 of Ellendale, Disabled
American Veteran's of Albert Lea, The Cooties Pup Tent of Waseca and the Korean
War Vetern's Chapter Seventh U.S. Cavalry Association.
Waylen retired from the Ellendale Fire Department after 37 years of service. He was on the Ellendale Ambulance for 21 years.
He loved watching children and was Saint Nick for 21 years going to different homes in Ellendale, Geneva, and the New Richland area.
Waylen is survived by his wife Arlene, daughter Waynetta and her husband (John) Gentry of Miami, Oklahoma, son Waylen Busho and his wife Jayne of Ellendale,
daughter Annette Busho of Owatonna, five grandchildren: Chad Alan Peterson of Faribault, Rodney Alan Peterson and his wife Nicole of Owatonna, Nicole and her husband Robert Jakes of Faribault, Brody Waylen and Logan Erik Busho of Ellendale; one great granddaughter Jasmine Marie Peterson; one brother Robert Busho and his wife Virginia of Ellendale; one sister Judy Severson of Rapid City, South Dakota; one brother-in-law Arne Jensen of Geneva, and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and one great granddaughter Mariah Jakes.
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