Elmer Bushong, 83, of Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 1992, at Mid-Michigan Regional Medical Center in Clare MI. Services are scheduled at Helms Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. Ronald Thompson of the First United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens in Mt. Pleasant. He was born January 24, 1908, in Mt. Pleasant, the son of Harvey and Elsie (McCain) Bushong. He married Dencie Mahon January 22, 1932, in Mt. Pleasant. He was a lifetime area resident and a former Dow Chemical employee. He worked there for 35 years and worked on boilers as a maintenance man when he retired. He was an active bowler at Chippewa Lanes. Mr. Bushong is survived by his wife, Dencie; 10 daughters: Shirley Ash and her husband Pete of Oil City MI; Barbara DeLong and her husband William C. of Mt. Pleasant MI; Lorraine Ancel of St. Louis MI; Phyllis Searight of Mt. Pleasant MI; Marvel Hoyt and her husband Larry of Breckenridge MI; Connie Hagerman and her husband Dave of Alma MI; Patricia Hutchings and her husband Bob of Laingsburg MI; Jeanette Davis of Mt Pleasant MI; Vickie Ludwig of Mt. Pleasant MI; Donna Bushong of Mt. Pleasant MI; 32 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Burton and his wife Gladys of Mt. Pleasant MI; Earl and his wife Gloriana of Ishpeming MI; and a sister, Edith McPhall of Mt. Pleasant MI. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Walter Harvey; a grandson; a great-granddaughter; two sisters, Gladys Burr and Marie Burr; and two brothers, Lloyd and Marvel.
Obituary published in Mt. Pleasant MI newspaper
Obituary published in Mt. Pleasant MI newspaper
Elmer Bushong, 83, of Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 1992, at Mid-Michigan Regional Medical Center in Clare MI. Services are scheduled at Helms Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. Ronald Thompson of the First United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens in Mt. Pleasant. He was born January 24, 1908, in Mt. Pleasant, the son of Harvey and Elsie (McCain) Bushong. He married Dencie Mahon January 22, 1932, in Mt. Pleasant. He was a lifetime area resident and a former Dow Chemical employee. He worked there for 35 years and worked on boilers as a maintenance man when he retired. He was an active bowler at Chippewa Lanes. Mr. Bushong is survived by his wife, Dencie; 10 daughters: Shirley Ash and her husband Pete of Oil City MI; Barbara DeLong and her husband William C. of Mt. Pleasant MI; Lorraine Ancel of St. Louis MI; Phyllis Searight of Mt. Pleasant MI; Marvel Hoyt and her husband Larry of Breckenridge MI; Connie Hagerman and her husband Dave of Alma MI; Patricia Hutchings and her husband Bob of Laingsburg MI; Jeanette Davis of Mt Pleasant MI; Vickie Ludwig of Mt. Pleasant MI; Donna Bushong of Mt. Pleasant MI; 32 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Burton and his wife Gladys of Mt. Pleasant MI; Earl and his wife Gloriana of Ishpeming MI; and a sister, Edith McPhall of Mt. Pleasant MI. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Walter Harvey; a grandson; a great-granddaughter; two sisters, Gladys Burr and Marie Burr; and two brothers, Lloyd and Marvel.
Obituary published in Mt. Pleasant MI newspaper
Obituary published in Mt. Pleasant MI newspaper
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