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Rita Joyce <I>Bowers</I> Bush

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Rita Joyce Bowers Bush

Birth
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Death
17 Apr 2005 (aged 69)
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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LINCOLN -- R. Joyce Bush, 69, of Lincoln, died Sunday, April 17, 2005, at 3:25 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Lincoln Christian Church, with Tom Gerdts officiating.

Burial will be in New Union Cemetery.

Mrs. Bush was a homemaker and gave piano lessons in her home for 50 years.

She was born Jan. 9, 1936, in Louisville, Ky., to C. Russell and Opal Sims Bowers. She married John H. Bush on July 24, 1955, in Elletsville, Ind. He died June 14, 2001.

She is survived by four sons, John Mark (and Judy) Bush of Lima, Jerry (and Linda) Bush of Springfield, James Michael (and Vicki) Bush of Champaign and Jeffrey (and Jo Ellen) Bush of Mount Vernon, Ind.; two daughters, Jane (and Marcus) Work of Lincoln and Janice (and Perry) Fisher of Markle, Ind.; 20 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one sister, Bonnie (and Kent) Roberts of Hopkinsville, Ky.

She was also preceded in death by her parents.

She was a member of the Lincoln Christian Church and the Music Federation.

She attended Lincoln Christian College.

Memorials may be made to Restoration House Ministries of Manchester, N.H.

LINCOLN -- R. Joyce Bush, 69, of Lincoln, died Sunday, April 17, 2005, at 3:25 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Lincoln Christian Church, with Tom Gerdts officiating.

Burial will be in New Union Cemetery.

Mrs. Bush was a homemaker and gave piano lessons in her home for 50 years.

She was born Jan. 9, 1936, in Louisville, Ky., to C. Russell and Opal Sims Bowers. She married John H. Bush on July 24, 1955, in Elletsville, Ind. He died June 14, 2001.

She is survived by four sons, John Mark (and Judy) Bush of Lima, Jerry (and Linda) Bush of Springfield, James Michael (and Vicki) Bush of Champaign and Jeffrey (and Jo Ellen) Bush of Mount Vernon, Ind.; two daughters, Jane (and Marcus) Work of Lincoln and Janice (and Perry) Fisher of Markle, Ind.; 20 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one sister, Bonnie (and Kent) Roberts of Hopkinsville, Ky.

She was also preceded in death by her parents.

She was a member of the Lincoln Christian Church and the Music Federation.

She attended Lincoln Christian College.

Memorials may be made to Restoration House Ministries of Manchester, N.H.



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