Margaret M. Buss (Plainview)

Services for Margaret M. Buss age 96 of Plainview will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, Dec. 1 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Plainview. Visitation will be 1 Hr. Prior to Service at the Zion Lutheran Church in Plainview. Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery in Plainview. Margaret Buss passed away November 29, 2014 at the Plainview Manor.

Margaret was born at Fordyce, NE on September 28, 1918, to Arthur and Florence Dikeman. She was baptized at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Bloomfield, NE on December 23rd, 1923 and was confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church in Plainview on January 25th, 1953.

Margaret attended county schools in Knox and Antelope Counties and graduated from Creighton High School in 1937. Since she had completed “normal training” in high school, Margaret began her teaching career at that time. She taught in country schools in Knox and Antelope counties and in the towns of Center, Albion, and Plainview. Margaret completed correspondence courses, night classes, and summer school while continuing to teach, earning her bachelor’s degree from Wayne State College in 1966. She also earned many hours of post-graduate work. After 43 years of teaching, Margaret retired in 1985.

Margaret married Gerhardt Buss on June 24, 1951, at Creighton. She and Gerhardt lived in Plainview for one year and then moved to the farm northeast of Plainview, where they lived for fifty years. Gerhardt and Margaret moved into Plainview in 2002.

Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers (Orville in infancy and Garfield in World War II), three sisters (Mildred Stevenson in 1968, Ruby Dikeman in 1993, and Gladys Stuart in 2001), and her husband Gerhardt in 2005.

She is survived by two children, Cheryl (Mrs. Rob) Gadeken of Reese, MI and Craig (wife D’vee)Buss of Lincoln, NE. The love of family Margaret and Gerhardt shared lives through grandchildren: Nate (wife Holly) Buss, Cole (wife Kami) Buss, Zach (wife Hannah) Buss, Joliette Gadeken (Mrs. Jono) Lange, Becca Gadeken, Matt Gadeken, and seven great-grandchildren.