A graveside service for Lowell Busching, 87, Valley City, North Dakota, will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday October 31, at Memory Gardens, Valley City. He died Wednesday, October 25, 2023, at his home.

Lowell James Busching was born July 20, 1936, in Breckenridge, Minnesota, the son of Edwin and Edna (Matheson). He moved with his parents to Valley City where he graduated from Valley City High School in 1954. Lowell attended Dakota Business College in Fargo from 1954 to 1956. He entered the United States Air Force in 1956 and served as a radar technician until his discharge in 1960. Following his discharge, Lowell worked for General Electric before working for Bentex Field Engineering where he worked with the Apollo Space Program. He went on to work at Burroughs Computer Company, Philco- Ford and then spent the last 17 years of his career working at Hughes Aircraft in southern California. He retired in 1989. Lowell began coming back to Valley City in the summers after 1990 and permanently moved back to Valley City in 1997.

He was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church and AmVets. He had been a member of the Valley City Kiwanis and Eagles Club.

He is survived by many cousins. Lowell was preceded in death by his parents.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Oliver-Nathan Funeral Chapel. An online guestbook is available at www.olivernathanchapel.com