Rose Bush
ROSE ELEANOR BUSH, 82, MARGARETVILLE, NY PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT MARGARETVILLE HOSPITAL ON THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2023.
ROSE WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 14, 1940 TO ELLA MAYES AND BURT HUNTER SR AND LIVED ON GEORGE LAWRENCE ROAD IN THE VEGA VALLEY ON HER FAMILY FARM. SHE ATTENDED ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL.
SHE WORKED AT VARIOUS JOBS IN HER YOUNGER YEARS AND THEN WAS A RURAL ROUTE MAIL CARRIER IN THE MARGARETVILLE POST OFFICE FOR OVER 30 YEARS UNTIL SHE RETIRED IN 2018.
ROSIE WAS AN AVID HUNTER AND FISHERMAN, SHE LOVED TO BE OUTSIDE SOAKING UP THE SUNSHINE. ROSIE HAD A HUGE HEART AND LOVED HER FAMILY DEEPLY. SHE WAS ONE OF A KIND AND LOVED TO SIT AND CHAT TO WHOMEVER WANTED TO. EVERY KID IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD GRANDMA ROSIE’S HOT DOGS AND MAC AND CHEESE. SHE TOOK CARE OF ALL THE KIDS IN KELLY CORNERS AND SHE WAS GRANDMA ROSIE TO MANY WHETHER SHE WAS YOUR GRANDMA OR NOT.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND OF 43 YEARS DONALD C BUSH SR IN 2002, THEY WERE MARRIED IN MARGARETVILLE IN JUNE 1959 AND LIVED ON FROG ALLEY ROAD IN MARGARETVILLE FOR THEIR ENTIRE MARRIAGE, ROSE REMAINED ON FROG ALLEY ROAD IN MARGARETVILLE FOR 65 YEARS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER 2 SONS CHARLES (BETH) BUSH, DONALD (SUZE SKOVSENDE) BUSH JR AND WAS PREDECEASED BY A SON, RYAN.
SHE SURVIVED BY SIBLINGS JANET MATTICE (NORTH BLENHEIM), JOHN (JOAN) HUNTER (NEW KINGSTON), BETTY TCHOUT (RICHMONDVILLE) AND WAS PREDECEASED BY HER SIBLINGS BURT (BETTY) HUNTER JR, ENA (WILBER) BRINKLEY, VELDA (WARD) KEATOR, RUTH HUNTER, CLINT HUNTER, RICHARD (ALETA) HUNTER
GRANDMA ROSIE HAD 10 GRANDCHILDREN, ROWAN BUSH, KHRISTEN (BRIAN) BALCOM, KEVAN (NICOLE MANON) BUSH, KYLE BUSH, KATLYN (RAFAEL) SANTIAGO, KERI BUSH, KOLLIN BUSH, KOREY BUSH, BRANDON BUSH AND ETHAN BUSH AND 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, RYDER, HUNTER, MILEY, RHIAN, KLARA, HAYDEN, AVERY
SHE HAS LOTS AND LOTS OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS
Calling hours will be held Wednesday May 24, 2023 from 4pm-6pm at Hynes Funeral Home. Rose’s funeral service will be held on Thursday May 25, 2023 at 1pm with Shirley Davis officiating. Burial will immediately follow at the Annex Cemetery