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Esther M. Bushnell

November 24, 1910 — March 24, 2007

Esther M. Bushnell, 96, of Yankton, S.D., formerly of Sioux City, died Saturday, March 24, 2007, at Avera Yankton Care Center.

Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Morningside Lutheran Church in Sioux City, with the Rev. Kevin Lee officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Park Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be one hour prior to the service Friday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Condolences may be sent online to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Mrs. Bushnell was born Nov. 24, 1910, in Sioux City, the daughter of Gunder and Marie (Odegaard) Gunderson. She graduated from East High School and a lifetime resident of Sioux City.

She married John C.H. Bushnell on Nov. 4, 1933, in Sioux City. He preceded her in death in October 1986, in Sioux City.

She was a lifetime member of Morningside Lutheran Church.

Survivors include three children and their spouses, Janice DeAnn and Dale Wise of Burr Hill, Va., John J. and LaDon Bushnell of Naperville, Ill., and Carol J. and Larry Orton of Yankton, S.D.; four grandchildren, J. Anthony Bushnell, Jill S. Bushnell, Jennifer L. Gaulke and Michael J. Orton; seven great-grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; 12 great-stepgrandchildren; and a sister, Marguerite Oursland of El Paso, Texas.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a brother, George Gunderson; and two sisters, Alice Lymer and Berenice Haugen.

Memorials in her name may be directed to Avera Yankton Care Center.

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