Harrison “Bussie” Castle, 86, of Claypool, Indiana, died at 10:15 am, Friday, January 22, 2021 at Parkview Wabash Hospital. He was born June 13, 1934 in Johnson County, Kentucky, to Sterling and Fannie (Daniels) Castle.
Bussie was a US Army veteran. He married Minnie Josephine Martin in Wabash on July 12, 1955; she died October 18, 2006. He retired from Kosciusko Community Hospital in 2002, and also worked 34 years at the Vice Brothers Foundry in Wabash. He was a member of the Wabash Free Will Baptist Church on Erie Street. He was also a member of the Chandlesville Kentucky Masonic Lodge, Fort Wayne Scottish Rite and Mizpah Shrine. Bussie enjoyed woodworking, fishing, and especially his grandkids.
He is survived by two sons, Elbert Harrison (Linda) Castle of Claypool, and Rodney Lee Castle of Warsaw, Indiana, seven grandchildren, Ryan Castle of Witchita Falls, Texas, Cameron Castle of Mentone, Indiana, Gary (Heather) Fulk of Lowell, Indiana, Chad Fulk of Laud, Indiana, Shelby Cox of Warsaw, Indiana, Marti Vinning of Nappannee, Indiana, and Barb Fulk of Rochester, Indiana, 10 great grandchildren, his sister, Bonnie Stambaugh of Leesburg, Florida, and several loving nieces and nephews. He was also preceded in death by his parents, eight brothers, Everett Castle, Joe Castle, Sterling Thomas Castle, B.L. Castle, Quint Castle, Jimmy Castle, and twin brothers, Troy and Roy Castle, and two sisters, Iris Nichols, and Joyce Staniford.
Funeral services will be 11:00 am, Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Paul Short officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call one hour prior to the service Wednesday, at the funeral home. The family requests facial coverings be worn.
Preferred memorial is Shriners Children’s Hospital.
The memorial guest book for Bussie may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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