Shirley F. Bush
d. December 13, 2003
Shirley Faith Bush, 84, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 13, 2003 in Tucson, Arizona. Internment Service: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 10, 2004, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Emory Gillespie. Her remains will be buried next to those of her husband at Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include one brother, Robert Rollstin, of Fort Meyers, Florida; son Robert David Bush of Washington, D.C.; daughter Catherine Yvonne Weber of Green Valley, Arizona; son Stephen Michael Bush of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; daughter Deborah Lynn George of Mount Vernon, Iowa; and son Alan Roger Bush of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She is also survived by ten grandchildren, Cooper Bush, Carter Bush, Claire Weber, Alaric Weber, Marcus Bush, Wes Bush, Travis Bush, Geoff George, Cathy George, and Joey Bush; and by seven great-grandchildren, Kevin, Kayleigh, Mallory, Tara, Avery, Carson, and Lindsey Bush.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ernest Allen Bush.
Shirley was born in Winterset, Iowa, and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. She attended the University of Iowa, where she met her husband Ernie. A long time resident of Boone, Iowa, she raised her own family there, before retiring to Greers Ferry, Arkansas, and then Green Valley, Arizona. Shirley loved to spend time with her family, visiting, cooking, sewing, gardening, music, swimming and playing tennis. She was the center of her family, weaving many lives into one common thread through love and understanding. Shirley's inner beauty was a shining example for us all.
Remembrances in lieu of flowers may be made in her name to the Green Valley Community Church Foundation Incorporated.
Survivors include one brother, Robert Rollstin, of Fort Meyers, Florida; son Robert David Bush of Washington, D.C.; daughter Catherine Yvonne Weber of Green Valley, Arizona; son Stephen Michael Bush of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; daughter Deborah Lynn George of Mount Vernon, Iowa; and son Alan Roger Bush of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She is also survived by ten grandchildren, Cooper Bush, Carter Bush, Claire Weber, Alaric Weber, Marcus Bush, Wes Bush, Travis Bush, Geoff George, Cathy George, and Joey Bush; and by seven great-grandchildren, Kevin, Kayleigh, Mallory, Tara, Avery, Carson, and Lindsey Bush.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ernest Allen Bush.
Shirley was born in Winterset, Iowa, and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. She attended the University of Iowa, where she met her husband Ernie. A long time resident of Boone, Iowa, she raised her own family there, before retiring to Greers Ferry, Arkansas, and then Green Valley, Arizona. Shirley loved to spend time with her family, visiting, cooking, sewing, gardening, music, swimming and playing tennis. She was the center of her family, weaving many lives into one common thread through love and understanding. Shirley's inner beauty was a shining example for us all.
Remembrances in lieu of flowers may be made in her name to the Green Valley Community Church Foundation Incorporated.
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