Obit: Bush, Elizabeth Theresa (1856 - 1936)

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Surnames: Bush, Stagg, Beach, Smith

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 06/25/1936

Bush, Elizabeth Theresa (15 Oct. 1856 - 20 June 1936)

Mrs. Norman Bush, 79, died suddenly at her home here Saturday night at 7:30 o’clock after a lingering illness.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leora Beach. Burial took place at Waupun. The Rev. L. C. Smith, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiated.

Mrs. Bush, nee Elizabeth Theresa Stagg, was born on October 15, 1856, in Dodge county. On March 25, 1885, she was married to Norman C. Bush in the Town of Trenton, Dodge county. The couple resided for a number of years on a farm near Waupun. In 1919 they came to Clark county and have resided in Abbotsford for about the past 17 years.

Surviving besides her husband are two sons, C. W. Bush, Abbotsford, and L. N. Bush, Dorchester, and a daughter, Mrs. Leora Beach, Abbotsford, Wis. There are 14 grandchildren.