Carl Bushard

Carl Bushard, 97, died Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, at Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy, Ill.

He was born Jan. 7, 1915, in Chaffee, Mo., son of Thomas Bernard and Luta Estelle Hileman Bushard. He and Hazel Hahs were married May 26, 1940, at her family home in Bollinger County. She died at IVH in 2003.

Survivors include a sister, Virginia Wilkinson and husband Elvis of Lakeland, Fla.; a brother-in-law, Frank (Dessie) Enderle of Rogers, Ark.; a sister-in-law, Catherine (Luther) Hahs of Cape Girardeau; three daughters, Mary Lou (Robert) Heckel of Glen Carbon, Ill., Vivian (Sid) Sprecher of Fort Collins, Colo., Donna (Dan) O'Bryant of Colorado Springs, Colo.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, Joseph Carl Bushard; brothers Eugene and Thomas; and sisters Dessie Enderle and Marie Tashro.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Church in Canton, Ill., with visitation one hour before the service. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Sargent's Chapel in Sedgewickville, Mo., with visitation at 1 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Christian Church in Canton or the Sargent's Chapel Cemetery Fund.

Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of local arrangements.