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     Aldophus Busch III married Florence McRea Parker, daughter of Dr. W.W. Parker, on 21 June 1913 at Cooperstown, Ostego County, New York.² He married Catherine Milliken, daughter of Dr. Samuel Edwin Milliken MD and Sallie Haynes Gibbs, on 13 September 1930 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.¹ He died on 29 August 1946 at Huntleigh Village, Saint Louis County, Missouri.³

     Sallie Marie Busch was born on 22 August 1931 at Missouri.^1,2 She was the daughter of Aldophus Busch III and Catherine Milliken.¹ She married Donald Robertson MacBain Motch on 17 June 1953 at Huntleigh Village, Saint Louis County, Missouri.³ She married Kenneth Mason Wheeler, son of Roy Lee Wheeler and Emily Smith, on 16 August 1965 at Keswick, Albemarle County, Virginia.⁴ She died on 21 September 2001 at Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, at age 70.⁵

WHEELER, SALLIE BUSCH, passed away peacefully at the University of Virginia Medical Center Friday, Sept. 21, 2001, with her family by her side. She was 70 years old. Mrs Wheeler was among the pantheon of heroes in equestrian sports and, together with her husband, Kenneth, was a highly successfully exhibitor with Hunter / Jumpers, Hackney and Saddlebreds. She was the daughter of the late Catherine Milliken Busch and Adolphus Busch, III (past president of Anheuser-Busch Companies), and the niece of August A. Busch, Jr.

     Mrs. Wheeler married Kenneth in August 1965, and the couple had three children: Kenneth, Jr., of Memphis, TN., Gordon (Cappy) from Harrodsburg, KY., and Douglas from Keswick, VA., and Roundup, MT. There are four grandchildren, Catherine, Rose Marie, Cara Lee and Gordon Adolphus. She also had two children, Sallie Motch, Cold Springs, N.Y., and Robert Motch, Carthage MO.,and five grandchildren, Robby, Lucy Marie, Will, Donald and Alex, from her previous marriage to the late Robert Motch.

     Mrs. Wheeler was well known for her unyielding contributions of time and energy to a number of equestrian organizations and committees as well as for her skills in the show ring. In recent years, her interests turned to the National Horse Show in New York where she served as chairman and campaigned to return the show to Madison Square Garden in 1996.

     Visitors are welcome to Cismont Manor Farm, Keswick, VA., and the funeral will take place at Grace Episcopal Church, Keswick, VA., on WEdnesday, Sept. 26, 2001, at 1 p.m. A reception will be held afterward at Cismont Manor Farm, Keswick, VA.

     A graveside interment service will take place at Sunset Memorial Park, St. Louis, on Friday, Sept. 28, 2001, at 3:30 p.p. Those who wish may send flowers or a memorial contribution to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013.

     HILL AND WOOD Funeral Home, Charlottesville, VA., is in charge of arrangements.⁵

She was buried on 28 September 2001 at Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri.⁵

     Charles R. Bushnell was born circa 1889 at New York.¹ He was the son of H. Chester Bushnell and Julia Wood.¹

     Elizabeth W. Bushnell was born circa 1891 at New York.¹ She was the daughter of H. Chester Bushnell and Julia Wood.¹ She died before 1948.²

     Gertrude V. Bushnell was born on 30 September 1900 at Butternuts, Otsego County, New York.^1,3 She was the daughter of H. Chester Bushnell and Julia Wood.¹ She married Arthur Iverson, son of Oscar Iverson and Clarissa Jackson, on 17 December 1920 at Gilbertsville, Otsego County, New York.⁴ She married Harry Otto Boles, son of Wesley W. Boles and Rachael Elizabeth Holden, between 1926 and 1929 at USA.¹
Gertrude V. Bushnell and four of her children were visiting her father, Chester H. Bushnell, the week of on 20 June 1949 at Gilbertsville, Otsego County, New York.⁵ She died on 11 July 1957 at Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, at age 56.¹
Gertrude V. Boles was killed in an auto accident mentioned in the Hammond Times newspaper on 12 July 1957.⁶

Woman Dies, 3 Hurt as 3 Autos Crash

Columbus, Ind. (UP) - A woman was killed and three other persons were injured Thursday night in a spectacular traffic accident involving three automobiles and a truck towing a house trailer at the intersection of U.S. 31 and a Bartholomew County road south of here.
Killed in the crash was Mrs. Gertrude Boles, about 50, Tampa Fla., a passenger in a car driven by her son Barry, 19, also of Tampa.

STATE police said a car driven by Lester Pape, 26, Yonkers, N.Y., was traveling along the county road and failed to stop at the intersection with U.S. 31. The Pape car was hit broadside by the Boles vehicle, which then spun around and was hit by the truck driven by Bruce Jacobi, 22, Salem.

THE IMPACT of the crash rolled the Boles car over an embankment into a cornfield. A car driven by O. E. Haggstrom, 32, Louisville, Ky., then smashed into the Pape car.
Hospitalized here were Boles, his sister, Farry, 13, and Pape's wife, Sheila, 21.⁶

Rites Set For Mrs Boles

Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude M. Boles of 440 Spruce Street and Tampa Fla., will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Harry W. Moore Peace Chapel. Burial will be in Washington Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Boles, 56 years old, died Thursday after injury in an automobile accident on U.S. 31, five miles south of Columbus. Her son, Barry O. Boles, 19 years old, and her daughter, Farry L. Boles, 13 years old, are still in the Bartholomew County Hospital with injuries received in the accident.
A native of Mount Upton, N.Y., Mrs. Boles had lived here 28 years. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star. Her husband, Harry O. Boles, died in 1947.
Surviving besides the son and daughter, are three other daughters, Mrs. Charlotte E. Homes of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Mrs. Elsie Delong of Tampa, and Mrs Sharry B. Taylor of Indianapolis; Two other sons, Larry R. and Harry B. Boles, both of Indianapolis; two brothers, Bilbert Bushnell of Mount Upton and Charles Bushnell of South New Berlin, N.Y., and 13 grandchildren.⁷

     Gilbert L. Bushnell is the son of H. Chester Bushnell and Julia Wood.¹

     H. Chester Bushnell married Julia Wood, daughter of Gilbert Wood and Elvira Unknown, before 1888 at USA.

     Annie May Butler is the daughter of William H. Butler and Lillie Mae Sain.¹

     Archie Austin Butler is the son of Hugh Austin Butler and Ettie Faye Buchanan.¹ He married Dianna Mae Boyea, daughter of Charles William Boyea and Luamae Odell, circa 1958 at Texas.

     Betty Butler is the daughter of John Henry Butler.¹