Sister Mary Angela Buser, BVM
Sister Mary Angela Buser, BVM, 94, died Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at Mount Carmel Bluffs in Dubuque, Iowa.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Sister Mary Angela Buser donated her body to science. Her cremated remains have been returned for burial. Committal Ceremony will be Monday, September 26, 2022, at 10:45 a.m. in the Mary Frances Clarke Chapel at Mount Carmel Bluffs. The service may be viewed through livestream at: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/bvmsisters/.
She was born on Oct. 10, 1926, in Halstead, Kan., to Daniel and Ida (Winterscheidt) Buser. She entered the BVM congregation Feb. 2, 1946, from Sacred Heart Parish, Halstead. She professed first vows on Aug. 15, 1948, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1953.
Sister Mary Angela ministered as chair and instructor of the education department and coordinator of teacher certification and placement at Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa. She served as an elementary teacher in Chicago; Lead, S.D.; and West Hempstead, N.Y.; principal in Kansas City, Mo., and West Hempstead, N.Y.; and a volunteer tutor in Chicago.
She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters Angela Mary Koetting, Cecilia Elizabeth Buser, Veronica Hyacinth Buser, Helen Genevieve Rumpf, Margaret Ann Buser, CSJ, and Danetta Buser, BVM; and a brother Celestine Daniel Buser. She is survived by nieces, nephews, and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 75 years.
Memorials may be given to Sisters of Charity, BVM Support Fund, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA 52003 or make an online gift.
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I’m so very sad to hear this news today. Sister Angela was the principal at St Francis in KC and I taught there with her. She was a very good friend, a wonderful teacher and I have many many wonderful memories of the years we were together. She was so good to me. She’s always had a piece of my heart and will continue to do so. My prayers and sympathy to her family and many friends.
I was so blessed to have known her when I was little. Her brother is my grandpa Bus or C.D. Buser. I remember seeing her at the family weddings, holidays, and my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. She was always so sweet and so full of life. She will be dearly missed. She is home now. RIP Great Aunt Pat 😢