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Edinburg, Texas


Vivian Louise DeBusk, 94 passed away Dec. 5, 2002 at McAllen Medical Center.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John J. DeBusk and by her first husband, Dale VanHorn; four brothers, Stanley, Norris, Conrad and Milton; three infant sisters and by her parents, Otto and Jessie Peterson all of Minden, Nebraska.

She was born near Minden, Nebraska on December 18, 1907 and later lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she graduated from high school and commercial college and came to the Valley in 1947.

She was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Edinburg and had also served as a council member. She was a charter member of the local chapter of American Association of Retired Persons.

She was employed as Deputy in the County Clerk's Office of Hildalgo County for 20 years and served as clerk for the Commissioners Court, she later retired in 1975.

She is survived by a step-son, John J. DeBusk Jr. and his wife Katheryn of Mt. Vernon, Texas; one sister-in-law, Patrica Peterson of Minden, Nebraska; by a niece Mary L. Peterson of Alexandria, Virginia and a nephew, Michael R. Peterson of Minden, Nebraska; a great-niece and other family members.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. today, Dec. 7, 2002, at Skinner-Silva Funeral Home Chapel on West Samano in Edinburg, with Pastor James Wilken officiating. Burial will follow at Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in McAl
len.

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Record added: Jan 10, 2011
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