BUSH, Fred C. 1873-1945

BUSH, FINCH, BOULUX, WRIGHT, OLDS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/11/2012 at 21:13:38

FORMER ATTORNEY
DIES AT BETTENDORF

Fred C. Bush, 72, former Osage attorney, died in the Masonic home at Bettendorf, Iowa, November 22. He had been cared for at Bettendorf since February 1942.

The body was brought to Osage for burial, and funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, November 24, 1945, at the Shelledy Funeral Home, conducted by the Masonic Lodge.

Fred Bush was born September 26, 1873. at Garner, Iowa, the son of H. H. Bush and Minerva Wright Bush. He attended Iowa State College at Ames and afterward acted as court reporter for the 12th judicial district from 1893 to 1904. He served as clerk of the district court of Hancock county for two terms an dlater acted as court reporter for the late Judge J. F. Clyde of Osage.

He was admitted to the practice of law and formed a partnership with Carl H. Spaanum of Osage, which partnerhsip was disolved in July 1914. From that time on he engaged in the practice of law in Osage and was county attorney of Mitchell county Iowa for several terms.

He was married to Olive Finch of Hawarden, Iowa, who passed away in 1901. He later married Ethel Boulux, Garner, Iowa, who died in 1909.

Two sisters, Miss Bertha E. Bush and Mrs. Helen Olds also preceded him in death.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Quinby Vroom, of Lakeland, Florida; a son, B.M. Bush, of Stacyville, Iowa; three grandsons and a brother, Attorney A.G. Bush, of Davenport, Iowa.

[ MITCHELL COUNTY PRESS, Dec. 6, 1945 ]