The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-01
DEATH OF MRS.
WILLIAM T. BUSH

Mrs. Mary Emily Bush, one of the
b1sc known and most highly respected
lc!ie3 OF this city, died peacefully al
her nCh.e On west Fifth street, Va,
ley' O.ty, Monday morning, Dec. 9 4
lo4y, Il. tie si,ty-ffth year Of her aN0
la =, seen BON at Port Dover, c;
Ma s., 1855. She was the elf S
dau ,:.tel Of Mr.. and Mrs. Stephet5 s |.
wills c, and was one of six childref Il
Of .lolh p eceded her into the f1c Re
lie except one brother, J. w. u, lie
OF pststown, N. D., and sister,
NJ S. ". D. Smith, Medical Lake,
wash, also a half sister, Mrs. Luella
Viewer Of Ripon, Wis. Soon after
her birth, her parents moved to Bran
don, Wis, where she resided until
April Is, 1880, when she and her hus-
band came to North Dakota, and set
tied near Rogers.
Sne was married Oct. 1st, 1876 to
William E. Bush three years before
taking up their residence in this state.
From this happy union there were
born to them seven children, all of
whom have survived her except one
daughter, Mrs. Marion H. Yule, who
departed this life in the year 1910. The
living children are Mrs. Jessie Hone,
Stephen E. Bush, Clara O. Krug, Will
nina E. Miller, Cathryn W. Bush OF
Barnes county, and John T. Bush Of
Hudson, Wis. She leaves also seven
grandchildren, to whom she was much
beloved. During the years of their
beloved. uDring the years of their
mothers declining health, the children
spent much time at her side, antici-
pating her wishes, and leaving nothing
undone that would contribute to her
happiness and comfort
AS wife, through long and tender
association, she was her husbands
companion, councillor, and comforter.
His loneliness will be in the loss of one
who made loneliness impossible. AS
mother, she was full Of loving inter-
est in her children. She made their
lows and sorrows her own, and this
love was reciprocated by them, max
ing her the radiant center of a beau
tiful family affection.
Mrs. Bush was nutured in the faith
of her godly parents, her father beng
an official member and choir leader
in the Methodist church where ne re-
sided. For more than half century,
she was identified with the M. p;
church, in which time, she gave FULL
proof of her loyalty and interest,".
As a woman, she was cheerful in
disposition, patient in suffering. char
liable in judgment, and sincere IN her
religious life. For many years she
has suffered from partial deafness and
blindness, and other disabilities, but
amid it all, she saw ''the goodness OF
the Lord in the land Of the living" ana
his loving kindness "justly claimed
song from her, and not lnfreGuently
she sat alone, singing the old hymns
to the strengthening of her faith and
hope. Being truly "sanctified by SUI
fering" she reached that point where
she accepted joyfully those eight at, ),
flictions which are for moment.
While her body was crumbling, her
soul was radiantly youthful and nap
Nv. as she looked forward to death as
ttISe gateway to coronation. Her III lie
waned slowly away till it fiickered OUT
in peaceful sleep:
The bereaved family have the sym,
na+hv If her multitude of friends and
acc1aintance. She will be missed py
many outside of her home, put an Wllo mo
knew this estimable lady will sorrow
not not as others which have no hope, Tor
if we believe that Jesus died ana rose
again, even so them which sleep III
Jesys. will God bring with HIM.
The funeral service was held wed
nosdav afternoon at 2:30 from the bP-
woTth Methodist Episcopal churcn'
and were in charge Of her pastor rev:
+ S. Wilds, and the interment was s d.
the Woodbine cemetery, where a nen
hodv was laid to rest in the sure nope
of glorious resurrection; 5noor share
In these brief festivals Of earth'
We feel her living presence SUI, ~,
The angel of our home ana heaeln'