Odelia “Tillie” Buessing, 84, of Seneca, Kansas, formerly of Baileyville, died Tuesday, October 23, 2001, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca of complications of cancer.

She was born July 12, 1917, on a farm east of Kelly, the daughter of Conrad and Mary Waller Boeding. She grew up there and attended St. Bede’s and St. Patrick’s School. After she finished school, she did domestic work in Atchison and Topeka.

On September 28, 1937, she married Vincent A. Buessing at St. Patrick’s Church at Corning, Kansas. They lived in Baileyville three years before moving to the St. Bridget Community north of Axtell where they lived for 40 years. They moved back to Baileyville in 1980 where she and husband operated an antique business. Her husband Vincent died September 23, 2000. “Tillie” moved to Seneca in December of 2000.

She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church and St. Ann’s Altar Society at the church in Seneca, a former member of Sacred Heart Church and the altar society at Baileyville, and a founding member of the St. Bridget Historical Society.

Survivors are a son Larry Buessing of Atchison; a daughter, Cleta Renyer of Sabetha; four foster sons, Mark Wagner of Axtell, Leland Moore of Marysville, Chuck Sample of Blue Rapids, and Marshall Moore of Phillipsburg; two foster daughters, Mary Beth Koch of Ramona, Oklahoma, and Patricia Stallbaumer of Topeka; three brothers, Conrad Boeding of Denver, Sylvester J. “Skall” Boeding of Seneca, and Lambert Boeding of Corning; two sisters, Mary Kohake of Centralia, and Clara Droge of Topeka; 26 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Edward, Aloysius “Allie” and Joseph Boeding and three sisters, Lena Gudenkauf, Ann Kramer, and Margaret Boeding (as an infant).

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM Thursday at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Baileyville. A rosary will be prayed at 2 PM Wednesday, with a vigil prayer service at 7 PM Wednesday, at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.

Memorials may be given for Sts. Peter & Paul School, the St. Bridget Historical Society, or the donor’s choice, and sent in care of the family.