Mattie Busch

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mattie C. Busch, 65, of Perryville died Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born May 14, 1938, at Yount, Mo., daughter of Walter K. and Mabel Hahn Heaps. She and Harold L. Helms were married Oct. 18, 1958. He died Aug. 12, 1987. She and Theodore R. Busch Sr. were married Nov. 3, 1994. He died March 31, 1998.

Busch had been a nurse aide at various nursing homes in Perryville. She was a member of Whitewater Christian Church near Yount.

Survivors include a son, James Helms of Perryville; three daughters, Elizabeth Helms, Nancy Riney and Donna Kuhn, all of Perryville; a stepdaughter, Eureka Knight of Blandford, Fla.; a brother, Harold Heaps of Perryville; and 10 grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two stepsons.

Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 4 to 9 p.m. today, and Thursday from 6:30 a.m. until time of service.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Alan Martin officiating. Burial will be in Whitewater Christian Cemetery.