Betty L. Busch

May 8, 1929 - January 27, 2017

Betty L. Busch, 87, returned to the Lord on January 27, 2017. Betty was an attorney in Dayton, serving as the Law Library Director in Dayton from 1971 to 1991. Betty was born in Lima to Joseph and Freda (Prosser) Bosch. After graduating from Central High School in Lima, Betty attended Catholic University of America for one year, then returned to Ohio and graduated from Ohio Northern with a law degree in 1960. Father Albert Ottenweller of Delphos, Ohio, later Bishop of Toledo, encouraged her in her studies and was a lifelong friend. Immediately after law school, she worked for Judge Moran B. Jenkins as a staff attorney and later for the firm of Teitelbaum, Bohman, Jaconson & Birt in Dayton. Following two years working as a law clerk in Hawaii, she became a Domestic Relations Referee working for Judge Vincent Shields. After retiring from the Law Library, she spent two years of retirement in Hawaii, and then returned to Dayton to work at the Auditor’s Office from 1994 to 2005. Betty was highly capable, proud to be a lawyer and very loyal to her friends. Visitation and services will be at Woodland Cemetery Chapel on February 4, 2017 with visitation at 12:30 p.m. and the service at 1 p.m. Contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to the Ohio Northern University 525 South Main Street, Ada, OH 45810 or The Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, DC 20064.