Wife of Clyde Bushong
Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Irene Bushong Feb. 16, 1916 - Nov. 17, 2002 Irene Maude Mullett was born February 16, 1916 in Ottawa, Ohio. Irene was the eighth of nine children. Her siblings included two sets of twins. She passed away peacefully November 17, 2002 in Chula Vista, Calif. at the age of 86. Irene graduated as a Registered Nurse from the Lima, Ohio Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. While in nursing school, a classmate introduced her to Clyde Bushong, her future husband. The classmate was Clyde's sister, Helen. Irene contracted tuberculosis while working with patients at a T.B. sanitarium. The disease and its arrest delayed her marriage to Clyde three years and left her with reduced lung capacity for the remainder of her life. Irene and Clyde married in June of 1940, and she spent the next 22 years as a Navy wife. Despite her physical handicap, she supported her husband and his shipmates during WWII and handled beautifully the difficult task of managing a home and raising four children while her husband was at sea. The family had duty station in Norfolk and Quantico, Virginia as well as London, England, but the San Diego area was home, especially the house on Country Club Drive in Chula Vista. While in Virginia, Irene was honored by the National Red Cross for instituting a Candy Striper Program at the Naval Hospital in Quantico. She later did the same at Chula Vista Community Hospital. She was a member of the hospital's Auxiliary and took to the stage in the Auxiliary's Follies. Irene was also active in the Chula Vista Newcomer's Club and serving a term as President of that organization. Irene was a natural in the kitchen, whether working from scratch or with leftovers. She was a talented seamstress. She was very clever and imaginative with handicrafts. She also loved to play golf, especially with her husband. She loved Beethoven, and the louder the better. Her family fondly remembers her sly and witty sense of humor. Irene is survived and will be greatly missed by her husband, Clyde of Chula Vista; daughter, Pat Boom of San Ramon, Calif; daughter, Sarah Keyser of Cataldo, Idaho; son, Roger Bushong of Smelterville, Idaho; and son Joe Bushong of Lakeside, Calif. She is survived by eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren with one more on the way.
San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) - December 1, 2002
Edition: 1, 2, 3
Page: B-11
Copyright (c) 2002 Union Tribune Publishing Co.
Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Irene Bushong Feb. 16, 1916 - Nov. 17, 2002 Irene Maude Mullett was born February 16, 1916 in Ottawa, Ohio. Irene was the eighth of nine children. Her siblings included two sets of twins. She passed away peacefully November 17, 2002 in Chula Vista, Calif. at the age of 86. Irene graduated as a Registered Nurse from the Lima, Ohio Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. While in nursing school, a classmate introduced her to Clyde Bushong, her future husband. The classmate was Clyde's sister, Helen. Irene contracted tuberculosis while working with patients at a T.B. sanitarium. The disease and its arrest delayed her marriage to Clyde three years and left her with reduced lung capacity for the remainder of her life. Irene and Clyde married in June of 1940, and she spent the next 22 years as a Navy wife. Despite her physical handicap, she supported her husband and his shipmates during WWII and handled beautifully the difficult task of managing a home and raising four children while her husband was at sea. The family had duty station in Norfolk and Quantico, Virginia as well as London, England, but the San Diego area was home, especially the house on Country Club Drive in Chula Vista. While in Virginia, Irene was honored by the National Red Cross for instituting a Candy Striper Program at the Naval Hospital in Quantico. She later did the same at Chula Vista Community Hospital. She was a member of the hospital's Auxiliary and took to the stage in the Auxiliary's Follies. Irene was also active in the Chula Vista Newcomer's Club and serving a term as President of that organization. Irene was a natural in the kitchen, whether working from scratch or with leftovers. She was a talented seamstress. She was very clever and imaginative with handicrafts. She also loved to play golf, especially with her husband. She loved Beethoven, and the louder the better. Her family fondly remembers her sly and witty sense of humor. Irene is survived and will be greatly missed by her husband, Clyde of Chula Vista; daughter, Pat Boom of San Ramon, Calif; daughter, Sarah Keyser of Cataldo, Idaho; son, Roger Bushong of Smelterville, Idaho; and son Joe Bushong of Lakeside, Calif. She is survived by eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren with one more on the way.
San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) - December 1, 2002
Edition: 1, 2, 3
Page: B-11
Copyright (c) 2002 Union Tribune Publishing Co.
Wife of Clyde Bushong
Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Irene Bushong Feb. 16, 1916 - Nov. 17, 2002 Irene Maude Mullett was born February 16, 1916 in Ottawa, Ohio. Irene was the eighth of nine children. Her siblings included two sets of twins. She passed away peacefully November 17, 2002 in Chula Vista, Calif. at the age of 86. Irene graduated as a Registered Nurse from the Lima, Ohio Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. While in nursing school, a classmate introduced her to Clyde Bushong, her future husband. The classmate was Clyde's sister, Helen. Irene contracted tuberculosis while working with patients at a T.B. sanitarium. The disease and its arrest delayed her marriage to Clyde three years and left her with reduced lung capacity for the remainder of her life. Irene and Clyde married in June of 1940, and she spent the next 22 years as a Navy wife. Despite her physical handicap, she supported her husband and his shipmates during WWII and handled beautifully the difficult task of managing a home and raising four children while her husband was at sea. The family had duty station in Norfolk and Quantico, Virginia as well as London, England, but the San Diego area was home, especially the house on Country Club Drive in Chula Vista. While in Virginia, Irene was honored by the National Red Cross for instituting a Candy Striper Program at the Naval Hospital in Quantico. She later did the same at Chula Vista Community Hospital. She was a member of the hospital's Auxiliary and took to the stage in the Auxiliary's Follies. Irene was also active in the Chula Vista Newcomer's Club and serving a term as President of that organization. Irene was a natural in the kitchen, whether working from scratch or with leftovers. She was a talented seamstress. She was very clever and imaginative with handicrafts. She also loved to play golf, especially with her husband. She loved Beethoven, and the louder the better. Her family fondly remembers her sly and witty sense of humor. Irene is survived and will be greatly missed by her husband, Clyde of Chula Vista; daughter, Pat Boom of San Ramon, Calif; daughter, Sarah Keyser of Cataldo, Idaho; son, Roger Bushong of Smelterville, Idaho; and son Joe Bushong of Lakeside, Calif. She is survived by eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren with one more on the way.
San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) - December 1, 2002
Edition: 1, 2, 3
Page: B-11
Copyright (c) 2002 Union Tribune Publishing Co.
Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Irene Bushong Feb. 16, 1916 - Nov. 17, 2002 Irene Maude Mullett was born February 16, 1916 in Ottawa, Ohio. Irene was the eighth of nine children. Her siblings included two sets of twins. She passed away peacefully November 17, 2002 in Chula Vista, Calif. at the age of 86. Irene graduated as a Registered Nurse from the Lima, Ohio Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. While in nursing school, a classmate introduced her to Clyde Bushong, her future husband. The classmate was Clyde's sister, Helen. Irene contracted tuberculosis while working with patients at a T.B. sanitarium. The disease and its arrest delayed her marriage to Clyde three years and left her with reduced lung capacity for the remainder of her life. Irene and Clyde married in June of 1940, and she spent the next 22 years as a Navy wife. Despite her physical handicap, she supported her husband and his shipmates during WWII and handled beautifully the difficult task of managing a home and raising four children while her husband was at sea. The family had duty station in Norfolk and Quantico, Virginia as well as London, England, but the San Diego area was home, especially the house on Country Club Drive in Chula Vista. While in Virginia, Irene was honored by the National Red Cross for instituting a Candy Striper Program at the Naval Hospital in Quantico. She later did the same at Chula Vista Community Hospital. She was a member of the hospital's Auxiliary and took to the stage in the Auxiliary's Follies. Irene was also active in the Chula Vista Newcomer's Club and serving a term as President of that organization. Irene was a natural in the kitchen, whether working from scratch or with leftovers. She was a talented seamstress. She was very clever and imaginative with handicrafts. She also loved to play golf, especially with her husband. She loved Beethoven, and the louder the better. Her family fondly remembers her sly and witty sense of humor. Irene is survived and will be greatly missed by her husband, Clyde of Chula Vista; daughter, Pat Boom of San Ramon, Calif; daughter, Sarah Keyser of Cataldo, Idaho; son, Roger Bushong of Smelterville, Idaho; and son Joe Bushong of Lakeside, Calif. She is survived by eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren with one more on the way.
San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) - December 1, 2002
Edition: 1, 2, 3
Page: B-11
Copyright (c) 2002 Union Tribune Publishing Co.
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