Notes for: Stella Julia ("Jo") Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
Obituary. Marshall, MI newspaper of 28 June 2000.
Stella Julia "Jo" Bushong, 77, of Marshall, died at Oaklawn Hospital on Saturday night, June 24, 2000, after a short illness. Mrs. Bushong was born Nov. 16, 1922 in Ceresco MI to Raymond and Ella (Stoelting) Bodine. She graduated from Marshall High School in 1940. She was married on Sep 16, 1943, to Clarence E. Bushong. The couple resided in Eckford Township the majority of their lives.
She worked for S. H. Leggitt Company in Marshall from 1957 until 1970 as a bookkeeper. She worked as a deputy sheriff at the Calhoun County Sheriff Department from 1973 until retiring in 1987. She worked with the Michigan Rural Rehabilitation Corporation with Nyle Katz from its inception in 1979 serving as the bookkeeper there. She had continued working there to the present. Her favorite activity was to visit with friends and acquaintances wherever she met up with them. She always had time to spare for anyone, friend or stranger. She was a life member of the Wayne B. Fitch Fraternal Order of Police Lodge, where she had served as its secretary, she was a member of Calhoun County Farm Bureau. She enjoyed gardening, reading, crocheting, travel, and making new friends. Surviving are her husband, Clarence; three sons, Jimmy R. (Linda) Bushong of Somis CA; Gary L. (Barbara) Bushong of Burlington MI; and Tate C. (Diana) Bushong of Bryan TX; three grandchildren, John Bushong, Clint Bushong, and Stella Katrinia Duckett; and three great-grandchildren, Elsie Brown, Wednesday Bushong, and Olive Jones. Friends may call at the Craig K. Kempf Funeral Home. Funeral services celebrating her life will be held at the funeral home today, Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Larry Fulton officiating. Bob Rapp, Jimmy Maurer, Charles Estep, Larry Organ, Athol Hazen, and Ray Hoag will serve as pallbearers. Interment will follow in Newton Cemetery. Friends who wish may make memorial contributions to the Wayne B. Fitch FOP Lodge or Paralyzed Veterans. Assistance with memorials is available at Kempf Funeral Home.
Burials in Newton Township Cemetery, Calhoun County, Michigan.
(Find A Grave Memorial # 32523631)
BUSHONG Clarence E. 1918-2000 Stella Julia 1922-2000