Funeral services were held Dec. 18, 2009, at Olinger Highland Chapel, Thornton, Colo., for Gloria Busch Staudt, 79, of Denver, who died Dec. 14.

Gloria was born Oct. 9, 1930, in Rugby, a daughter of John and Mary (Sand) Busch. She graduated from Rugby High School in 1948. She worked at Rugby Furniture prior to her marriage to Raymond Staudt in Aberdeen, S.D.

She is survived by three sons: Kim, Craig, and Curt, all of Denver; two daughters: Shelley and Kelly, both of Denver; three brothers: Jerry of Denver, Wayne of Omaha, Neb., and Philip of Akeley, Minn.; and two sisters: Betty Nelson of Woodbury, Minn., and Janice Knutson of Rugby.

She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; a sister, Shirley Fisher; and a brother, Donald Busch.