LETCHER — Bus (Olen) Ettswold, 68, of Letcher, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020, at Huron Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, April 17, 2021, at Letcher Community Church in Letcher. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 16, 2021, at Will Funeral Chapel, Mitchell. Burial will be at Butler Cemetery in rural Letcher.
Bus was born on August 13, 1952, in Letcher to A.C. and Dorothy (Kelly) Ettswold. He grew up in the Letcher area and graduated from Letcher High School in 1970.
On March 15, 1980 he married Melanie Wise in Letcher. They made their home in Letcher. After his retirement from ABC Co. he developed the Wrangell Roadhouse Condos in Alaska. Bus always enjoyed hunting and fishing with family and many great friends. In his earlier years he enjoyed stock car racing. More than anything Bus loved his family, especially his grandkids whether it was in Letcher or Wrangell, Alaska.
Grateful for having shared his life is his wife, Melanie; his children, Angie Meier (Matt), Andy Ettswold (Melissa), Jerome Evans (Angie) all of Letcher; his grandchildren Ellie Evans, Parker and Wyatt Ettswold, and Maggie Meier all of Letcher, Justin, Nate and Dylan Larson of Sioux Falls; three sisters, Diana Campbell and Delores (Dee) Mutziger of Mitchell and Polly (Tom) VonEschen of Noblesville, Ind.; sister-in-law, Lori (Cal) Bratland of Letcher; and his many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, A.C. and Dorothy; father-in-law, Ken Wise; and brother-in-law, Leroy Mutziger.
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