Obit: Bush, Norman Charles (1858 - 1937)

Contact: Stan
Email: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Bush, Smith, Stagg, Beach, Brown

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 09/23/1937

Bush, Norman Charles (26 Feb. 1858 - 17 Sept. 1937)

Rites for Norman Charles Bush, 78, Dorchester farmer for the past 18 years, who died Friday evening of a paralytic stroke, were held Monday at the home of his son, Leonard at Dorchester, Wis. The body was taken to Waupun for burial. The Rev. L. C. Smith, Kimberly, formerly of Abbotsford, officiated.

Mr. Bush was born Feb. 26, 1858, at Waupun, and was married to Miss Elizabeth Stagg at Fox Lake on March 25, 1885. For a number of years he operated a farm in Dodge county, moving to Clark county in the fall of 1919. At the time of his death he was making his home with his son, Leonard. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at one time.

Surviving him are three children, Charles William Bush, St. Lawrence, S. Dakota; Leonard N. Bush, Dorchester; and Mrs. Leora Beach, Green Bay; 14 grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Minnie Brown, Waupun.