Mary Louise Busby
1941 – 2020
Mary Louise (Clevenger) Busby, 78, passed away February 14 in Oklahoma City. Services will be held on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 11:00 a.m. at Matthew’s Funeral Home in Edmond with Bill Sanchez officiating. Burial will follow at El Reno Cemetery.
Mary Lou was born in El Reno on October 27, 1941 to Mary (Leonard) Clevenger and Warren Clevenger. She graduated from Enid High School in 1959. Mary Lou then attended Abilene Christian University and graduated in 1963 with a B.S. in Psychology. She married Wayne Busby in September 1964 and they both attended LSU and earned Masters in Social Work degrees. Mary Lou also earned a Fellowship while attending LSU and graduated with honors.
Mary Lou was known as a dedicated and compassionate Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She focused on child services work early in her career and then shifted to geriatrics. Mary Lou loved to travel and visited Israel and Costa Rica with church groups. She also attended the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary with her daughter. She loved to take family trips to the mountains of New Mexico and Colorado as well as visiting family and friends in California.
Mary Lou was a track and field official at OU and at the U.S. Olympic Festival. She enjoyed the outdoors doing gardening and going on nature hikes. She was active in bible study and loved spending time with her two granddaughters.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Mary and Warren Clevenger. She is survived by her daughter, Christine; son-in-law, Scott: and two granddaughters, Ashley and Lauren.
A visitation will be held on Friday, February 21 from 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. at Matthews Funeral Home. Services will be held on Saturday, February 22 at 11:00 A.M. at Matthews Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow at El Reno Cemetery.
To whom it may concern,
Please, I am trying to get in touch with Christine Sassenrath, Mary Lou Busby’s daughter. She and Mary Lou are (or Mary Lou was) my cousins. I did not know Mary Lou had passed away until last night ( Friday the 21st). I am shaken by Mary Lou’s passing.
Chris had left me a message on Facebook Messenger on Feb. 14, because she had no other way of contacting me. The message was in one of those places on there that most people don’t know even exists, so I only found it last night. I never had her contact info either. I don’t have her number or an email or anything but I need to contact her.
I had tried to call Mary Lou a few weeks ago and several times since, but she never answered her phone. I did not know if she was even sick or anything. Like I said, I only found out last night about her passing. But she and I did talk often. I don’t know why she did not call me and tell me if she was sick. Maybe long-distance is expensive down there? But I was the one who usually called her anyway. I loved her since I was 21 when I first met her. I am now 59.
I wish I could come to the funeral but it’s tomorrow (the 22) and I live in Canada so am too far away. Is possibly going to be live-streamed?
Chris, being a client of yours you must have her contact info. I am not asking you to pass it along to me because of privacy. But I am giving you mine to pass along to her. Please I swear this isn’t a scam or anything. She will recognize my name if you give it to her. If you need more proof about me you may feel free to look me up on Facebook. My nickname on there is PrayerRider because I am a Christian -like Mary Lou was.
My cell number is 1-403-408-7030. My home number is 1-403-295-2783. My email is LLkromm@shaw.ca. The L’s are caps because some people think they are 1’s but they are L’s.
Please pass this along to Chris and Scott and their daughters, Lauren and Ashley, and family, with my very deepest sympathy. So I may have contact with them if they will. Thank you very much.
Sincere regards,
Laurie Krommendijk