Sarah H. Bush, Sedalia

Sarah Helen Bush. 93, of Sedalia, died Thursday, June 26, 2008, at Sylvia G. Thompson Residence Center.

She was born June 19, 1915, in Huron, Kan., a daughter of William and Sarah Black English. On Sept. 24, 1939, in Huron, she was married to Charles A. Bush, who died March 13, 2001.

She was raised in Huron. Her family members were early settlers in Northeastern Kansas. She attended Park College in Parkville, Kan. She was Presbyterian. She lived in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Missouri. Her careers included teaching school in Kansas and operating her own bookkeeping and tax office in Lockwood.

Colorado was a favorite travel destination in the summer and fall. She enjoyed reading, cooking and baseball. She attended Camp Branch Baptist Church in Sedalia.

Surviving are two daughters, Jeanette Pahlow, and her husband, John, of Sedalia, and Ellen Philbrick, and her husband, Steve, of Harpswell, Maine; four grandchildren, John C. Pahlow, of Sedalia, Robin Bynum, of Troup, Texas, Stephanie Robison, of Wiscasset, Maine, and Elissa Miller, of Bath, Maine; and eight great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by two sisters, Elizabeth Allinger and Gertrude Purcell; and a brother, Bill English.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison, Kan., with Dr. Rob Ayers officiating. Pallbearers will be John Pahlow, Steve Philbrick, John C. Pahlow and Chace Bynum. Burial will be in Miller Cemetery in Everest, Kan.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Ewing-Schutte-Semler Funeral Home.

The family suggests memorial contributions to Birthright of Pettis County or Respite Care of Maine, in care of Ewing-Schutte-Semler Funeral Home.