Kathy Bush's Obituary
Nora Kathleen Bush, passed away on her birthday, November 10, 2024. She was born on November 10, 1939 in Salt Lake City, Utah to the late Charles Harry Truex and Helen Southworth. Kathy was married to Ron Bush for 65 years.
Her interests included doting on her grandchildren, her church, cooking, donating her time to church and community, music, theater, and traveling with her husband and 3 poodles.
She attended Thunderbird Academy in Scottsdale, Arizona, graduating in 1958. She and her husband attended reunions every year until 2023. She pursued a career in several fields, including practicing as a surgical nurse for more than 20 years before retiring in 2004.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father; her sister, Elaine Gibbon; her son, Michael Damon Bush; and 4 brothers.
Kathy is survived by her husband, Ronald; three daughters, Nora Walsh, Michelle Bush-Rinkevich, and Denise Weinmann; and son, Hideki Maekawa. She also has 8 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren.
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