Mary E. Tumbusch, 81, St. Henry, died April 20, 2012, at Briarwood Village, Coldwater.

She was born Aug. 2, 1930, in Philothea, to Albert and Julia Homan Boeckman. On May 22, 1954, she married Ralph H. Tumbusch, who died Aug. 15, 2004.

Surviving are seven children, Linda Zehringer, Fort Recovery, Randy (Nancy) Tumbusch, St. Henry, Judy (Dennis) Bergman, Yorkshire, Elaine Pickering, New Knoxville, Kevin (Sheila) Tumbusch, St. Henry, Janice (Mike) Feltz, St. Henry, and Dan (Lisa) Tumbusch, Minster; a brother, Bill (Jane) Boeckman, Coldwater; sisters- and brothers-in-law, Eileen Boeckman, St. Peter, Mary Agnes Boeckman, Coldwater, Mary Hess, Coldwater, Bertha Heitbrink, Maria Stein, Ott Homan, Maria Stein, Olive Tumbusch, Cincinnati, Wilfred and Betty Tumbusch, North Star, and Betty and Ron Hilgefort, Montezuma; 24 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Deceased are five siblings and their spouses, Richard and Rita Boeckman, Robert and Ethel Boeckman, Arthur Boeckman, Ralph Boeckman and Wilma Boeckman; four brothers-in-law, Victor Hess, Harold Heitbrink, Eugene Tumbusch and Jerome Tumbusch; a sister-in-law, Rita Homan; a son-in-law, Gary Zehringer; and two grandchildren.

She was a member of St. Henry Catholic church and its rosary altar sodality, the Heritage Club and the Daughters of Isabella in St. Henry. She worked for many years with her husband in Tumbusch Construction.

Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Henry Catholic church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.  

Calling is 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, St. Henry.

Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.