OBIT: Loretta Marie (BOWSER) RUSH, 2002, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  LORETTA MARIE USH
  January 25, 1926 - September 11, 2002
  
  Loretta Marie Rush, 76, of Accident, Md., died Sept. 11, 2002, at
  Garrett County Memorial Hospital, Oakland, Md.  Born Jan. 25, 1926, in
  Accident, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Arletta
  (Burkhardt) Bowser.  She was preceded in death by her husband,
  Benjamin C. Rush, May 18, 1987, and two brothers, Albert Bowser and
  Elwood Bowser.  She is survived by two sons: Craig Rush, South
  Portland, Maine, and Norris Rush, Accident; three daughters: Beverly
  Stone, Annapolis, Md., Linda Price, Sykesville, Md., and Nancy
  Berkebile, Accident; one brother, Glenn Bowser, Baltimore, Md.; two
  sisters, Alverta Rush and Norma Bernard, both of Oakland; 17
  grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.  Mrs. Rush was a member of
  the Zion Lutheran Church, charter member of the Northern Garret
  County Rescue Squad past chairman of the Salvation Army, a member of
  the Garrett County Farm Bureau and the Deer Park VFW Auxiliary.
  Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Homes Inc. in McHenry.
  Md. Sept. 13.  Funeral services were conducted at the funeral home
  Sept. 14 with the Rev. Dr Wilfred E. Karsten officiating.  Interment,
  Zion Cemetery.  Expressions of sympathy may be directed to the Cardiac
  Services at Garrett Memorial Hospital.
  
  The New Republic, September 19, 2002
  
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