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Donald M. Bush, 84, Orleans, died Friday
August 15, 2008, at Westview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
in Bedford.
Born Feb. 19, 1924, in Mitchell, he was the son of George W. and Nellie Wes
(Love) Bush.
He attended school in Mitchell and joined the United States Navy. He was a
veteran of World War II, having served in both the Atlantic
and Pacific. He suffered a broken back, while serving in Guam and after six
moths of recuperation, he returned to active duty in Pearl
Harbor.
He married Adren Louisa "Lou" Pridemore on March 21, 1947, and she preceded him in
death on Dec. 23, 2002.
He is survived by two daughters, Donna and David Conley and Judy and Vencil Crews; and one son, William Scott Bush, all of
Orleans; four grandchildren, Donald and Dana Conley of Hagerstown, Md., Deetra and Bobby Busick and Davona and Tab Street, all of Orleans, and Jeremy Scott
Brown of Bloomington; eight great-grandchildren, Danielle, David, Donna Jo,
and Destiny Conley of Hagerstown, Md., Hope and Linza
Busick and Haley and Tavin
Street, all of Orleans; two sisters, Marcia Pruett and Mildred Ruth Reynolds,
both of Mitchell; and a good family friend, Dennis Rumple of Orleans.
After Mr. Bush returned home from the service, he began working at Holmes
Hardware in Mitchell and then went to Allison Motors in Bedford (now GM Powertrain). While working, he began classes at Indiana University
and graduated from the School
of Business in 1953. He
then worked at Roberts Brass and then for Prudential Insurance Company.
He began teaching fifth grade at Springs Valley Schools, then sixth grade at
Mitchell. In 1965, he earned his Masters Degree from Indiana
University, School
of Education, and began as principal
at the Huron School
and later was co-principal at the new Burris School
in Mitchell. In 1981, he was principal of Huron and Hatfield Schools.
He retired from the Mitchell
Schools in 1987. He was
then Director of the Senior Games and Latch Key "Safer" programs
with Hoosier Uplands. He was a member of the Mitchell Masonic Lodge No. 228,
the Mitchell American Legion, Cecil Martin Post No. 250, and the Mitchell
VFW, Marvin Davis Post No. 9107. He was a life member of the DAV in Mitchell
and the Mitchell Kiwanis Club. He was also a member of the Lawrence County
Retired Teachers Association and the National Teachers Association. He attended
the Bethel Community
Church in Orleans.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Ochs-Tetrick
Funeral Home in Orleans
with Brother David Conley and Brother Donald Conley officiating. Burial will
follow in Mitchell
Community Cemetery
with military rites provided by the Mitchell American Legion.
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