Margaret Buschur Kiessling, 62, Springfield, died Jan. 14, 2012, at Hospice of Dayton, following a long illness with lymphoma.

She was born May 7, 1949, in Dayton, to Robert and Martha Bensman Buschur. Her mother survives in Coldwater. She married William Kiessling, who survives.

Also surviving are a son, Will Kiessling, Cincinnati; a daughter, Julie (George) Soares; two sisters, Kathleen (Tom) Kaup, St. Henry, and Carol (Ken) Pratt, Fort Wayne, Ind.; two brothers, Jeff (Gayle) Buschur, Lake Orion, Mich., and Patrick (Elizabeth) Buschur, Cincinnati.

She was a 1967 graduate of Coldwater High School. In 1970, she graduated from Good Samaritan School of Nursing. She received her bachelor's degree from Wright State University and her master's from the University of Cincinnati. She taught nursing at San Francisco College and retired from Springfield Medical Clinic.

She was an active Jehovah's Witness.

Services are 3 p.m. today at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 4620 E. U. S. 40, Tipp City.

Arrangements were handled by Trostel, Chapman, Dunbar & Fraley Funeral Home, New Carlisle. Condolences may be left at trostelchapman.com.