Maxine Bussell

On Angel’s wings you were taken.  But in our heart you’ll stay.  And in God’s light you will rest until we meet again someday.

Graveside services for Maxine Bussell, 90, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, December 16, 2016 at Wayside Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.

Mrs. Bussell passed away at 6:15 p.m., Sunday, December 11, 2016 at West Vue Nursing Center.

She was born January 2, 1926, at Koshkonong, Missouri, to Lloyd T. Guy and Bertha Mae Jewell Guy.  Maxine was a graduate of the Melean Studio of Modeling in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1945. On October 9, 1945, she was married at Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, to Oliver Bussell and became a military wife.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church.  Mrs. Bussell was a life member of the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary and a member of the Air Force Sergeants Association Auxiliary.

She is survived by two daughters, Donna Langston, West Plains, Missouri and Jeanne Bishop, Glenwood, Iowa; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and her little dog Molly.

Her parents, husband, seven siblings and one great-granddaughter, precede her in death.

Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon, Friday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Ronald McDonald House and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.