Clarence S. Rush, 78, died Tuesday morning at the home of a granddaughter, Mrs. George White,
12 Sixth Street, with whom he had made his home for the past six years. He had been ill but
a short time.
Mr. Rush was born Sept. 2, 1870, in Camden, a son of George H. and Dora Stevens Rush.
His wife, the former Millie Dana, to whom he was married in Camden July 3, 1889 by the Rev.
M. L. Dalton, died in 1942.
He was a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist, Rome, and of the Mother Church, the
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston.
Mr. Rush received his education in district and local schools, and after his marriage resided
in the State of Virginia, New Britain, Conn., and Springfield, Mass., returning to Camden about
16 years ago.
He had been in the woodworking business all his life, and until his retirement a year ago, was
employed for 10 years by the Rochester Shoe Tree Company.
Surviving in addition to the granddaughter at whose home he died are two sons, Cleon,
Springfield, Mass., and Earle, Camden; also three other granddaughters, Mrs. Emory LaVancher,
Mrs. George Henderson, and Miss Barbara Rush, all of Camden, and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 o'clock at the B. A. Sanborn & Son funeral home,
Camden. Mrs. Frank Jayne, Rome was the reader. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery.
Back to the Rush and Lovenguth Page
Back to the Descendants of John George Rush