Levi Bush

Levi Ralph Bush Birth 23 Aug 1885 Delong, Fulton County, Indiana Death 5 Nov 1953 Logansport State Hospital Logansport, Cass County, Indiana (per his death certificate), Burial Saint Joseph Valley Memorial Park Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana, parents Emanuel Bush Barbery Ellen Brugh 1910 - he and his wife is listed in the fhousehold of his father-in-law Grant Clemands; occupation is listed as laborer odd jobs

1917, Sep 12 - Levi Bush moved last week to South Bend and will work in the woolen mille at Mishawaka.

1918 - May 29 - Levi Bush has moved back from South Bend

1918 -Sep 12 - His World War I Draft Regustration list him as residing in Culver and occupation of Laborer, Ice Storage for Medbourn Ice Company

1920 - 1920 United States Federal Census Name Levi Bush Home in 1920 South Bend Ward 5, St Joseph, Indiana Street Osborn House Number 711; occupation as Laborer Construction Company

1930 - Census lists the family at 1801 Randolph St. South Bend and his occupation listed as a Roofer.

1940 - He is listed as a patient at Logansport State Hospital for Insane rural Logansport, Clinton Twp., Cass County, Indiana.

1942 World War II draft registration lists him as 57 birth 23 Aug 1885 birth place Delong,Ind. and no occupation listed and residing at 1334 E. Indiana Ave. South Bend.

1950 census has him listed as a patient at Logansport State Hospital (Longcliff) a State Mental Hospital Or Institution in rural Logansport, Tipton Twp., Cass County, Indiana.

Nov 11, 1953 - Charles Bush received word of the death of his brother who passed away Thursday at South Bend. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon - Citizen

Levi Bush.
Levi Bush, 1334 E. Indiana Ave., died at 3:30 a. m. today in his home after several years' illness.

He was born in Delaney, Ind., Aug. 23, 1885, and came here 39 years ago from Culver, Ind.

He was married in 1909 in Culver to Rethal Clemons, who survives.

He also leaves five sons, Herman, Jack and William of South Bend, Robert of Mishawaka and Richard of Niles, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. Opal Hukkell, South Bend, and Mrs. Margaret Baker, of Yakima Wash.; 11 grandchildren; brothers, Charles, of Culver, Ind., and Newton, of South Bend, and a sister, Mrs. Flossie Buck, of Mishawaka.

The body is at the Hollis Funeral Home. - Nov 5, 1953 South Bend Tribune

Funeral Notes - BUSH The funeral of Levi Bush, 1332 E. Indiana Ave., will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Hollis Funeral Home with Rev. Edward M. Sausaman, former pastor of the All Saints Evangelical United Brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be in the St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park. - Nov. 6 1953 South Bend Tribune

married Sep 12, 1909 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana Rethal Lucille Clemens Birth 28 DEC 1893 Akron, Fulton County, Indiana Death 27 SEP 1965 South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana Burial Saint Joseph Valley Memorial Park Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana daughter of Ulysses S. Grant Clemens Mary Alice Best

Mrs. Rethal Bush
Mrs. Rethal Clemans Bush, 71, of 1334 E. Indiana Ave., died today in the home of a son, Jack Bush, 1912 S. Jackson St., with whom she was staying during her illness. She became ill two months ago.

She was born in Akron, Ind., on Dec. 28, 1893, and had lived in South Bend for 50 years.

On Sept. 12, 1909, she was married to Levi Bush, who died in 1953.

She was a retired Studebaker Corp. employee. Surviving are four other sons, Herman and William, both of South Bend, Robert of Mishawaka and Richard of Niles; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Baker of Yakima, Wash., and Mrs. Opal Harrell of Warsaw Ind.; 16 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; a brother, LeRoy Clemans, and a sister, Mrs. Mary King, both of Niles.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. Tuesday at the (Hollis Funeral Home, where services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Rev. Kenneth Foulke, pastor of All Saints Evangelical United Brethren Church, will ofliciate, and burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park.

She was a charter member of Mothers of World War II and a member of the Pythian Sisters and Sanka's Lodge - South Bend Tribune 27 Sep 1965

Children
William Daryl Bush
Jack Walter Bush
Herman Raymond Bush
Robert Lewis Bush
Margaret L. Bush
Opal Winefred Bush
Richard Bernard Bush