Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-10-07
|NRS.LYDIA BUSH
PASSES AWAY
.,u TO LIVE In THIS DISTRICT
~ ,sss-FUNERAL HELD THIS
AFTERNOON
|vIs1HE MOTHER OLA CHILDREN
MAD Saturday Morning at the Bonners
Ferry Hospital

rd;a lane Bush died at 5:45 a. m.
o.tnrday at the Bonners Ferry hos
',ol death resulting from complica-
r ,an Of diseases and a general run
ssun condition of health. The funer-
u was held this afternoon at the Meth
.dist church, Rev. E. r. Henderson
sonducting the services. A very large
.,owd of the friends of the deceased
s,tended the funeral and paid their
Sst respects to the dead at the ceme-
srv and there were many beautiful
sut flowers and floral designs sent
md brought to grace the bier and the
crave as tokens of the love felt for
be dead by the givers.
Mrs Bush had been failing in health
or the past two years and last week
she submitted to an operation at the
Bonners Ferry hospital for gall stones
This operation was a successful one
and Mrs. Bush seemed to be in a fair
vay to recovery until both kidney and
heart trouble set in.
All of her children were here with
her at the end except her son Alfred,
Of Homedale, Idaho, who is i'll with
Brghts disease.
Lydia Jane Phippeney was born at
Hisdale Mich, June %, 1853 and
lived there until the time she was Is
years old when she moved, with her
parents, to eastern Nebraska. She
was married in 1871 to w. w. Bush
and the following year moved to west
ern Kansas, settling in Cloud county
In those days the white settlers were
in constant dread of Indian uprisings.
Mr.. Bush fought with Gen. Custer
in the efforts to put down the unruly
Indians. The Bush family had some
narrowing experiences and on one
Ocassion the Indians killed a neighbor
Of the family. The Bush family next
moved to Bull City, now known as
Alton, and here Mr.. Bush operated a
grist mill. They lived here for %
years and then moved to Seattle and
from there to Oakesdale, coming here
in 1892. In those days Boundary and
Bonner counties were all a part of
Kootenai county and Mr.. Bush was
elected one of the county commission
ers of Kootenai county.
The deceased is the mother of Ia
children, seven surviving her. Fol
lowing are the names of the children
Mrs. Ida Watersworth, of Glendale
Idaho.
AIDA Bush, twin sister of Mrs. Wat
ersworth, dead.
Alfred Fred Bush, Homedale, Ida.
Susan Bush, Mamie Bush and Baby
Bush, dead
Frank Bush, Bonners Ferry, Ida.
Harry Bush, dead.
Louis X. Bush, Tekoa, Wash.
Augusta Bush, Bonners Ferry, Ida.
Alva Bush, Columbia Falls, Mont.
Ava Bush, twin to Alva Bush, dead
Lottie Bush, dead.
Forest Bush, Boomers Ferry, Ida.
Miss Ethel Loomis, of Alton, Kan
sas, and Percy Bush, of Tekoa, Wash.
grandchildren of the deceased, were
also here to attend the funeral.
The deceased became a member OF
The United Brethren church early in
lie and latter joined the Presbyterian
church and since living in this district
mas been a member of the Paradise
valley Methodist church. She was q
consistent Christian, kind neighbol
ana loving wife and mother She
was always ready to lend helping
nanu 10 the needy and was unselnSr
IN ner devotion to her family and tc
ner friends. She was a woman who
was help and an uplift to the dis
,rlct IN which she lived and her death
Delng mourned by all those who
were fortunate enough to have her ac-
guaintance. The whole community
!oins in extending heartfelt sympathy
10 the bereaved family.
Inc Altar society of the Catholic
onurch will meet on Thursday after
noon at the homo of Mrs Vim Burke