submitted by
Whitney R. Proffitt
OBITUARY

Whitney wrote:
This clipping is from my Great-Grandmother, Goldia Rachel MILLER WILSON's scrapbook.  Grandma did not write down the original newspaper or date the clipping was from.

FINAL RITES HELD FOR
JOE BUSHONG

Funeral services for Joe Bushong, 66, of Springerton, a former Fairfield man, were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Nales Funeral Home in Fairfield.

Reb. Thomas Moore of Springerton officiated.  Burial was in Veterans Cemetery in Fairfield.

Military rites were conducted at the graveside.

In Poor Health

Mr. Bushong died at 2:35 p.m. Wednesday in Fairfield Memorial Hospital.  He had been in very poor health and had been in and out of area hospitals.  He suffered a stroke a few days before he died.

Mr. Bushong was born in Wayne County on Sept. 13, 1913, the son of James and Nellie (McDowell) Bushong.

Was A Veteran

He worked in construction and was a used-car salesman.  He was a veteran of World War II, and was a member of the American Legion.

His only survivor, Mrs. Ovella Cloninger, of Fairfield, died Thursday, the day after his death.

Preceding him in death were his parents; a brother, Clayton Bushong and a sister, Mrs. Mary Yohe.

Sep 12, 1999
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