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- Jake er fødd i Melvin i Osceola county, men foreldrene flyttet etterhvert til Sibley i samme county. Der ble han også gift med sin utvalgte Thelma Jean Besgrove i 1944. Då var dei berre omlag 16 år. Seks år etter, i 1950 finn me dei framleis i Sibley city, Jake Bustad 22 år og Thelma Bustad 23 år. Eg veit ikkje når dei fekk borna Becky og Brad.
I landeierregister for Osceola County i 1958 finn me: både Jake og broren James/Jim: Jake Bustad: Sib. 2, E.H.,15-R. Jim Bustad: Och. 1, Och., 2-O
Jake Bustad dreiv Toyota-forhandler i Iowa City i mange år, fra tidlig 1960-årene til midten av 1980-årene. Ca 1972 var Jake og kona Thelma på Norgesbesøk, og dei besøkte blant anna Jakob og Johanna Skogøy, mine besteforedre på Hundsnes i Tysvær. morfaren min Jakob Skogøy (1922-1981) var søskenbarn med Jake Bustad (1928-2013).
Etter dei pensjonerte seg flytta Jake og Thelma til Cherokee village i Arkansas. Der døydde Jake i 2013. Dei siste åra hadde Thelma i Ingham Lake, Wallingford, Emmet County i Iowa.
Dette kan forklare at Brad Bustad i Salem Arkansas, fødd i Iowa City er sonen til Jake og Thelma (https://www.facebook.com/brad.bustad.92).
Me finn Thelma i Iowa-avis der ho kommenterer nøtteknekkeren vist av Joffrey Ballet (The Daily Iowan 11 Des 1987, side 1 - http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1987/di1987-12-11.pdf)
Kanskje familie til Thelma f. Besgrove. Vi finner Donna og Tom Besgrove som ansatt på Toyota hos Jake Bustad i 1972:
- Donna Besgrove (f. ca 1933, jobbet på Toyota 1967-1991 og gikk på Sibley Highschool 1949-1954), https://www.facebook.com/donna.besgrove/friends
- Tom Besgrove, Kansas City (jobbet på Toyota?), https://www.facebook.com/tom.besgrove.7
- Travis Besgrove, Davenport Iowa (https://www.facebook.com/travis.besgrove/friends)
- Kathy Besgrove (https://www.facebook.com/kathy.besgrove.52/friends)
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Jake Bustad, Jr., of Cherokee Village, died March 2, 2013, in his home in Cherokee Village, Arkansas, at the age of 85.
He was born March 24, 1928, in Melvin, Iowa. He was the son of Jacob and JoAnna Johnson Bustad.
He is survived by Thelma Jean Besgrove Bustad. They were married on December 19, 1944, in Sibley, Iowa. They took care of each other for 66 years, raising a family. Jake has been heard to claim that he "had a long life and it was a good one."
Jake served in the United States Air Force Reserves, stationed at Alexander Air Force Base, in Louisiana during the early 1950's. He lived and owned a Toyota Dealership in Iowa City, Iowa from the early 1960's through the mid 1980's. He was an avid golfer ( almost good enough to have been a pro), and a long time supporter of Iowa Hawkeye's (enthusiastically cheering the team on from the stands). He was a member and generous contributor to the Iowa City Methodist Church. and after retiring to Cherokee Village, in the United Methodist Church in Cherokee village. Community was important to him. He was a man of integrity and respected everywhere he lived and worked. He actively supported community betterment efforts. He loved, and, was well loved and admired by friends, neighbors, and members of the community.
He was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters: Eugene, Jim, Vernon and Joe (The Busted Brothers), and beloved sisters Leona Huisenga and Carrie Kleve.
Their spouses and his numerous nephews and nieces, were closely connected to him. He loved them dearly, and they loved him as well. Family was his priority in life. His wife was the love of his life. His daughter, Becky Horton and son, Brad Busted, were blessed with a father who was kind, loving, generous and supportive. He loved his grand-children, Travis Stevens and Jacob Horton, with great devotion and pride. His great grandchildren, Kaylee and Jacob Horton, were a pleasure and joy to him, in the last years of his life.
He passed his family values to them all, through his actions in life: teaching them to stand by each other; modeling honesty, tolerance, forgiveness; setting an example that will not be forgotten. The guidance he provided and sacrifices made for the benefit of his family continued to the very end of his life, and will persist beyond his years. Jake will be deeply missed.
A celebration of Jake's life was held at Cedar Valley Park. Heath Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Obituary for Thelma Bustad
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 Donna 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.
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1928 - 2013 (84 år)
