Obituary - Carole Jeannine Buschelman Ingenthron

Carole Jeannine Buschelman, 79, passed away suddenly on Sunday, October 2, 2022. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold Buschelman & Hilda Dendinger Buschelman, and her brother Rev. James Buschelman. She is survived by her loving husband, Roger Philip Ingenthron, one daughter, Sheryl Lynn Ingenthron Roberts, two sons, Michael Alan Ingenthron and Daniel Joseph Ingenthron, two grandchildren, Celia Norann Roberts and Devon James Roberts, and her brothers Joseph, Lyle, Roger and Ronald Buschelman.

Carole was born on September 13, 1943 in Yankton, S.D. She grew up on a farm in Hartington, NE and attended a one-room schoolhouse. She graduated from Mount Marty College in Yankton with a B.S. in nursing, an occupation she pursued throughout her life. She met Roger in Omaha through her brother Father Jim, a former schoolmate of Roger’s, while she was employed as a nurse at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Roger was teaching at Creighton University. They were married in Hartington in 1968, with Father Jim officiating.

In 1969, they moved to St. Louis, MO, where daughter Sherry and son Mike were born. Carole was a nurse at St. John’s Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur. In 1972, they moved to Moraga, CA, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Carole worked part-time for several years at Providence Hospital in Oakland, until son Dan was born.

In 1983 Carole, Roger and children relocated closer to family in St. Louis, MO. In 1993, she resumed nursing at Missouri Baptist Hospital, then went back to full-time nursing in the radiation oncology department of Barnes-Jewish-Christian Hospital, and retired as head nurse of that department.

In 2002 Carole and Roger moved to Earlysville, VA. She was active in the Buck Mountain Garden Club and Holy Comforter Catholic Church in Charlottesville. They hiked weekly with a senior hiking group in Shenandoah Park and the Blue Ridge, with special hiking outings to the Smoky Mountains, the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, and Dolly Sods Wilderness in West Virginia.

In 2016 they moved to Parkside Village near Short Pump. Carole kept up her relationship with her Charlottesville friends, and made many new friends in her new home. She became active in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond.

Carole loved hiking, being with nature, gardening, and most of all, her family. She always enjoyed music – in addition to the joy she found in watching her children and grandchildren perform, she was a big fan of the Richmond Folk Festival. Art galleries around the country and in other countries were very important to her. She loved to travel, taking trips around much of the U.S. and throughout Europe, Africa and Asia.

Cooking was an important part of her life. She was always trying new recipes and improving old ones. She loved creating special meals every day, and treating family members to her work.

Her life was taken unexpectedly from her in a sudden stroke after she had spent the day gardening and in other normal activities.

Carole was blessed with the ability to relate to others. Though not a social butterfly, she made friends easily, and had a real empathy for the feelings of others. She was a real treasure and a joy to be around, and will be greatly missed.

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, October 7 at St. Mary’s Church on Gayton Road by Father Michael Renninger, followed by a reception in the church Commons. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a gift to one of Carole's favorite charities: Save the Children in Fairfield CT, or Cristo Rey Richmond High School.