Ethel died on Monday, October 27, 2008, at the Minneota Manor Health Care Center where she had been a former employee and long time resident.
Ethel is survived by her children: Shirley Schreiner of Bellevue, NE, Robert (and Laura) Geyer of Green Valley, AZ, grandchildren Tracy, Kelly, Tom and Mark, great-grandchildren Izsac, Logan, Jacob and Tyler, and sister Lorene Helgeson. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Bernard (Bud) I. Geyer, 32 years, and Peter J. DeBuscher, 25 years.