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Elinor J. Bush, 80, Adams Center


Elinor J. Bush, 80, of 16972 Michaels Road, died Tuesday afternoon at Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown.

There will be a graveside service at 1 p.m. Friday, May 2, in the Union Cemetery, Adams Center.

Arrangements are with Piddock Funeral Home, Adams.

Born Dec. 31, 1927, in the town of Lisbon, daughter of William and Mabel Sacket Spearance, she attended local schools.

She married Albert Lawrence in March 1947 in Adams Center. The couple lived in Green Settlement. Mr. Lawrence died Sept. 8, 1991.

She later married Robert Bush on Sept. 11, 1996 in Watertown. The couple lived in the LaFargeville area. Mr. Bush died in 1997.

She moved to the home of her daughter Jane Nemier in October 2006.

Mrs. Bush worked at Northland Electric and Bomax for several years before retiring.

She is survived by two sons and one daughter in law, David M. and Bonnie Lawrence, Adams Center, Robert J. Lawrence, Watertown; three daughters, Elizabeth M. Markinich, Antwerp, Jane M. Nemier, Adams Center, Mabel A. Woodard, Theresa; 15 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren; three brothers, John Spearance, Sandy Creek, Earl Spearance, Toms River, N.J., and Donald Spearance, Altmar; three sisters, Genevieve Killenbeck, Pierrepont Manor, Dorothy Herse, NH, Mabel Ryan, LaFargeville; and several nieces and nephews.

She is predeceased by a son, Timothy Lawrence, who died in 1995, a daughter, Cynthia Fish, who died in 2004, three brothers, Lawrence, Edward, and Harvey Spearance, and a sister, Cora Brown.


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