Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rush, Margaret 1972 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 2, 2010, 5:45 pm The Lake Odessa Wave, November 1972 Margaret Rush, 70, of Lake Odessa was instantly killed while crossing the highway from a motel to the coffees hop at Maryville, Tennessee on Tuesday morning about 6:15 a.m. She was en route to Florida for a two week vacation with two friends from Lansing. One of her companions was fatally injured as the same time. Mrs. Rush was born February 7, 1902 in Clarksville, daughter of Otis and Carlie M. (McCormick) Anderson. She was a graduate of Clarksville High School in the class of 1920, attended Eastern Michigan Normal in Ypsilanti and Davenport Business College in Grand Rapids. She was second commission postmaster for Clarksville which position she held for eleven years. She was married to Lewis F. Rush on August 14, 1934 and he died January 31, 1969. She was a member of the W.S.C.S. of Central United Methodist Church in Lake Odessa, the Adult Fellowship class of the church, Lake Odessa Senior Citizens and the Lake Odessa Historical Society. She had for many years been Clarksville correspondent for the Lake Odessa Wave. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Mary Jane) Carlson of Grand Rapids; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Burdette (Mildred) Livingston of Clarksville, 8 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren and 2 brothers, Karl D. Ackerson of Royal Oak and Gail H. Ackerson of Clarksville. Funeral services will be Friday at 1:30 at Pickens Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa with Rev. Marvin Zimmerman officiating. Burial will be in Clarksville cemetery. Memorial contributions to the W.S.C.S. of Central United Methodist Church or the Cancer Fund may be left at Pickens Chapel. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/rush7586nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb