GERTRUDE WALDBUESSER

LIBERAL- Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, at Nashville Cemetery for Gertrude Elizabeth “Trudy” Waldbuesser, 95, Liberal, who died peacefully in her sleep at 9:25 p.m., on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, at Via Christi Village in Pittsburg, Kan.

Arrangements are under the direction of Weng Funeral Chapel, Jasper.

The body will lie in state for people to pay their respects and sign the book from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, at the funeral chapel.

Memorial contributions can be made to Faith Lutheran Church or Nashville Cemetery, in care of the funeral home. COVID-19 regulations will be observed at all times.

Online condolences can be made at wengfuneralchapel.com.

Survivors include one son, Fred Waldbuesser and wife Patty, Liberal; two daughters, Phillis Scorce, Pittsburg, Kan. and Heidi Derbak and husband Greg, Phoenix, Ariz.; five granddaughters and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Herbert Triller.

Mrs. Waldbuesser was born March 22, 1925 in Frankfurt, Germany, to Otto and Phillipina (Kline) Triller. Her school-age years were interrupted by World War II. Following the war she worked as an interpreter in a U.S. post-war food distribution center in Frankfurt, where she meet Otto Waldbuesser. She moved with him to their farm in Missouri in 1947, where she became a devoted wife, mother and homemaker.

She was very active in her community; serving as 4-H leader, driving the station wagon school bus and fulfilling her role as a farm wife canning, freezing, sewing, cleaning and helping her neighbors. Her artistic talent was displayed in the beautifully intricate Scherenshcnitte cards she created. She was an active member of Faith Lutheran Church of Carthage. She will be always remembered for her hours of loving service, unselfishly caring for both her family and friends. Her potato salad was legendary.

She married Otto Waldbuesser on October 5, 1947, in Frankfurt, Germany. He preceded her in death in 1996.