Grandma's Obituary

Lois Fender Busic

Lois Mildred Fender Busic, age 90, of 157 Bledsoe Creek Road, Sparta, died peacefully at her home on Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Lois was born June 6, 1919 in Carson, Iowa and lived there until her mid-teens when she moved to Alleghany County with her family. She married Leonard Busic in 1935 and spent the next 25 years doing what she loved most, being a wife and mother. She worked at Troutman’s in Sparta for the next 25 years. Upon retiring from Troutman’s she enjoyed several years of assisting the teachers at Sparta Elementary School as a Foster Grandparent. She was a long standing member of the First Baptist Church in Sparta where she assisted in Sunday school and often prepared delicious dishes for many church fellowship functions. Her family and friends always loved to visit her for they knew there would be a huge outstanding meal on the table, and no one ever went away hungry. Lois was the daughter of the late Everett and Maude Fender of Sparta, the widow of Leonard Franklin Busic, and was also preceded in death by sisters, Bea Fender, Marjorie Caudill, Avis Duke and Carol Jean Felts; brothers, Dale and Ronald Fender. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Bob and Bonnie Busic of Hayes, Virginia; daughters, Barbara Lucier of Sparta and Betty Crum of Tacoma, Washington; five grandsons and wives, four granddaughters and husbands, 23 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Elaine Choate of Sparta; three sisters-in-law, Marie Joines, Hazel Busic and Clara Busic of Valdese, Morganton and Wilkesboro, respectively; one brother-in-law, Roby Felts of Wilkes County and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 pm Saturday, April 3rd at the Grandview Memorial Chapel in Sparta. Burial will follow in the Piney Creek Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 until 2 pm Saturday at the funeral home and at other times at the home place at 157 Bledsoe Creek Road in Sparta. Flowers are appreciated or memorials may be made to the High Country Hospice of Alleghany, the First Baptist Church of Sparta, the Alleghany County Rescue Squad or a charity of the donor’s choice.

Written by: Barbara Sue, Betty Lou, and Bobby