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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Buswell, Paula Irene
Paula Irene Buswell, 58, of Marengo, passed away Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, at her home. Memorial services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, at the Oxford United Methodist Church in Oxford with the Rev. Diane Townsley officiating. Visitation will be at the church from 11:30 a.m. until service time. Burial will be in the Ohio Cemetery, Ladora.
Memorials may be contributed to the American Heart Association or The American Diabetes Association.
Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo is assisting the family with arrangements.
Paula is survived by her daughter, Ericka of Cedar Rapids; a special friend, Glenn Goben of Marengo; three aunts; and four siblings and their families.
She also was grandma to Eva.
Paula was preceded in death by her parents and grandpets, Coda and Honee.
Paula Irene Buswell was born May 26, 1953, in Belle Plaine, Iowa, the daughter of Richard and Cleo Robinson Buswell. She loved to bake and anyone privileged to sample her cooking knew that she was talented.
Online condolences may be extended to the family at .
Published in The Gazette Oct. 3, 2011.