Bushong, Ora Ovella

1906 - 1980  (73 years)

• Name	Bushong, Ora Ovella
  Birth	5 Nov 1906	Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	BUSH.O001
  _FGRAVE	110854677
  Death	31 Jul 1980	Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
  Burial	West Cemetery, Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois
  Person ID	I55525	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Bushong, James Lincoln,   b. 27 Nov 1866, Indiana d. 19 Sep 1946, Jackson Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 79 years)
  Mother	McDowell, Nellie May,   b. 1 Oct 1880, Edwards County, Illinois d. 8 Jan 1966, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F20139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Nov 1906 - Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois Death - 31 Jul 1980 - Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana Burial - - West Cemetery, Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Ovella Cloninger, 73, resident of Fairfield for a number of years since her retirement, died unexpectedly at 5:38 p.m. Thursday in St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville, Ind. Mrs. Cloninger has been in frail health for a number of years, suffering from a kidney problem. She was required to take regular kidney dialysis treatments every two or three days in Evansville. Died During Surgery The Press was told that she died while undergoing surgery to replace an attachment in her arm used in the dialysis treatments. She resided at 406 East Center Street. Services were conducted at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Nales Funeral Home with Rev. Don Sweet officiating. Burial was in the West Church cemetery near Mt. Erie. Mrs. Cloninger was born in Wayne County near Mt. Erie on Nov. 5, 1906, the daughter of James and Nellie (McDowell) Bushong. She was married to Francis Cloninger, who farmed in Missouri near St. Louis. He died in 1967. Mrs. Cloninger lived in the St. Louis area for over 40 years. She worked as a private nurse, helping take care of elderly people. After her husband's death, she retired and moved to Fairfield. She was a member of the West Church near Mt. Erie. Her only survivor, a brother, Joe Bushong, of Springerton, died on Wednesday, the day before her death. A story about his funeral arrangements appears in today's Press. Preceding her in death were her parents; two brothers, Clayton and Joe Bushong, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Yohe.