Bushong, Joe Orbit

1913 - 1980  (66 years)

• Name	Bushong, Joe Orbit
  Birth	13 Sep 1913	Wayne County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BUSH.J003
  _FGRAVE	30068568
  Military Service	World War II, Machinists Mate First Class, United States Navy
  		Flag of the United States, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959, a…
  Death	31 Jul 1980	White County, Illinois
  Burial	Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois
  	In Veterans Section
  Person ID	I55526	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Bushong, James Lincoln,   b. 27 Nov 1866, Indiana d. 19 Sep 1946, Jackson Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 79 years)
  Mother	McDowell, Nellie May,   b. 1 Oct 1880, Edwards County, Illinois d. 8 Jan 1966, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F20139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Sep 1913 - Wayne County, Illinois Death - 31 Jul 1980 - White County, Illinois Burial - - Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  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. Rev. 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. He was once married to Leona Madding, the marriage ended in divorce, no issue. 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.