A celebration of Thelma's Life will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, May 29, 2016, at the Schuchert-Lentz Funeral Home in Spirit Lake.Thelma Jean Besgrove Bustad, age 89, passed away Saturday, April 30, 2016, at the family's home at Ingham Lake. She was born on March 3, 1927, to Frederick J. Besgrove and Ruth I. Ramsey.
Thelma follows her husband, Jake J. Bustad, who passed away on March 2, 2013. They were married for 66 years, building a life, keeping a home, raising a family in Iowa City and later retiring to Cherokee Village, Arkansas.
Thelma was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a committed member of the United Methodist Church all of her life. She was fun loving and full of "spunk"; loved for her sharp wit and sense of humor. Thelma was active and full of energy, often seen on the golf course or out in her yard tending to her flowers.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jake; sister, Bette Stevenson; and two brothers, Bill and Gary Besgrove. She is survived by a daughter, Becky Horton; son, Brad Bustad; two grandsons, Travis Stevens and Jacob Horton; two great-grandchildren, Kaylee and Jacob Horton; sisters, Helen Brower and...[more]
nna Besgrove; and many nieces and nephews.
Thelma held that faith and family were the most important to her. She lived up to that every day of her life.