Loretta Mae (Kruger) Vanden Bussche, 84, Jasper, died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005, at Tuff Memorial Nursing Home in Hills.Services were Monday, Dec. 5, at First Baptist Church in Luverne. The Rev. Greg Standafer officiated. Burial was in Luverne Memorial Gardens, rural Luverne. Loretta Mae Kruger was born to John and Jennie (DeBoer) Kruger in Sibley, Iowa. She was raised near Ashton, Iowa, until moving to Edgerton in 1924. Two years later she and her family moved to a farm west of Hardwick in Rose Dell Township. She attended country school through the eighth grade. Following her schooling she worked at Connell’s in Luverne. She then attended Northwestern College in Roseville. In 1943 she became employed at the Morrell Company in Sioux Falls, S.D., working in the sheep department. She married Walter Vanden Bussche on June 27, 1945, at First Baptist Church in Luverne. The couple lived on a farm near Jasper. In 1957 the couple moved to a farm one mile south of their residence and in 1961 they moved to the family farm 10 miles southeast of Jasper where they lived until their retirement in 2003. She moved to Tuff Memorial Nursing Home in Hills in August 2005.Mrs. Vanden Bussche was a member of First Baptist Church in Luverne. She belonged to a snowmobile club and Bible Study. She enjoyed working outside with her husband, playing guitar and gardening. Survivors include her husband, Walter Vanden Bussche; five children, Cynthia (Bill) Reu, Luverne, Veryl (Dwayne) Knigge, Monticello, Earl (Tricia) Vanden Bussche, Jerald (Cheryl) Vanden Bussche, and Lloyd (Naomi) Vanden Bussche, all of Beaver Creek; 16 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one brother, Gerald Kruger, Sioux Center, Iowa; one sister, Frances Caudle, Healdsburg, Calif.; and other family and friends.Mrs. Vanden Bussche was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Loann Peters, two brothers, Alvin and Harvey Kruger, and one sister, Mavis Zetterlund. Hartquist Funeral Home, Engebretson Chapel, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.
