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An Instrumental Internment

Roger Busdicker of Winona, Minn., went out on a high note.

Busdicker, who was often seen playing his ebony-and-silver clarinet, died last week at age 88 and his daughters thought it fitting to have his cremated remains buried inside the instrument.

“One of my sisters found the clarinet in a closet,” said Sue Enger of New Richmond, Wis. “All three of us decided it would be appropriate to bury his ashes in it.”

Roger Busdicker toured with the Hal Leonard Orchestra in the 1930s and '40s before becoming a music teacher in Winona schools.

He never stopped playing. “When I was young, we were in municipal band together. Every day or every other day, we'd go to the basement and play band music – real upbeat music, the kind that made you tap your toes,” Enger said.

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