He was the son of Franz "Frank" and Theresa Buschbacher who had immigrated to the United States. During his childhood his family moved to the strip mine two miles outside of Zap, ND. His father worked as a blacksmith for the coal mines. His parents both passed away at a young age, leaving him orphaned at 14 years old. He continued to live in Zap with his brother. After moving to Portland, OR at the age of 16, he enlisted in the U.S. Marines. He trained at Camp Pendleton as a machine gunner. He landed and fought for six days during the Battle of Peleliu in the Palau Islands on September 15, 1944 with the 1st Marine Division, as part of the Operation Statement II. He was one of 35 survivors of his company of 289 men. He fought in Okinawa for a month before he was injured by shrapnel and sent to a hospital in Guam. He received the Navy and Marine Commendation, Purple Heart, American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon, World War II Victory, China Service, Combat Action, Navy and Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation. After his service he moved back to Zap, ND. After working a few jobs, he attended a 2 year trade school program for electricians in Wilmington, ND. During this time, he meet his first wife, Mayme Johnson, and got married by a JP. Once finished with school, they lived in Bismarck where he worked as an electrician wiring old farms. In 1951, after a long cold winter, they from Zap to San Bernardino, CA. He got his contractor’s license and open his own shop, Loma Linda Electric, then switched it years later to Busch Construction & Electric. He married his second wife, Nancy, in San Bernadino. In 1973 and moved his Busch Construction and Electric business to Ukiah. His youngest son, Korla, took over his business in 1995 and runs it with his two sons today. In 1978, he married Marilyn Nelson Busch. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; seven siblings, Anna, Frank, Matthew, Gertie, Louie, Sue and Ray; 1st wife, Mayme Johnson Buschbacher; 2nd wife, Nancy Busch (who convinced him to shorten his name); 3rd wife of 41 years, Marilyn Nelson Busch; and granddaughter, Lisa Buschbacher. He is survived by his son, Frank Buschbacher, and his children, Timothy Buschbacher, Josh Buschbacher, Hans Buschbacher and Erick Buschbacher (Shelley); daughter, Celeste Busch, and her children, Crystal Busch and Amber Girard; and son, Korla Buschbacher, and his children, Jennifer Garcia, Matthew Buschbacher, Nicole Rios and Zachary Buschbacher (Marti)Buschbacher; and fifteen great-grandchildren.