Good Evening Boschong Subscribers, I received this communication from Noel this afternoon. Thanks so much to Noel for sharing this obit with the List. Since the obits were clipped by one of his family members and they did not make a notation of the newspaper or date, but we can say that this was in all likelyhood in the Mountain Grove News - Journal after the services were conducted on 15th April. ------------------ Gloria, There seems to be two Linda Lee Bushong's, one is wife of Marvin Eldo Bushong of Joshua Tree, California. The other Linda Lee Bushong was born 14 November 1939 at Noble, Missouri and departed this life 10 April 1955 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. Her parents are Harold H. and Stella Bushong. A great Obituary was written about her. It starts out as : ---------------------- Probably Mountain Grove News - Journal Mountain Grove, Missouri April 1955 OBITUARY LINDA LEE BUSHONG An unusually large crowd of friends, classmates, teachers and relatives filled the Church of Christ to overflowing in final tribute to Linda Lee Bushong, age 15, a sophomore in the Mountain Grove High School, who passed away 10th April in St. John's Hospital, Springfield. The funeral service held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, 14 April, was conducted by Evang. Cliff Stewart, and hymns of comfort were sung by a quartette composed of Homer Rinnaker, Verna and Ruby Gardner and G. O. Branson. A group of ten flower girls all schoolmates of Linda, formed an honorary escort. Those serving were Sue Naugle, Glora Dean Walker, Barbara Hicks, Barbara Clark, Bonnie Koontz, Beverley Turner, Alice Fay Oxley, Ytoka Todd, Phyllis Knight and Carol Sue Burney. Pallbearers were Bernal Welch, Vernal Welch, Melvin Oxley, Jimmie Oxley, Aubie Ray Naugle and Roy Murr, all cousins of Linda Lee. Concluding services were held in Stubbs Cemetery under direction of the Grable - Windle Funeral Home. ----------- Linda Lee Bushong was born 14 November 1939 at Noble, Missouri and departed this life 10 April 1955 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield. She moved with her parents to Mountain Grove in 1953 where she attended School and gained a host of schoolmates and friends. She is survived by her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bushong, two brothers Joe Andy of the Air Force stationed in Wyoming and Eucle of the home; three half-brothers, Rudolph Bushong of New York and Vernon Lawson of Marshall, Missouri, and Doyle Bushong of Hermiston, Oregon; two half-sisters, Golda Hurst, Bradleyville, Missouri, and Dohna Mahan of Hobbs, New Mexico; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Bushong of Mountain Grove; eleven nephews, six nieces, and a host of uncles, aunts, and cousins. Linda was always a cheerful girl, wanting to help others. She was baptized into the Church of Christ in the Fall of 1953 and among her last words were "I'm in Sunday School." -------------------- Sent to me by Noel Eugene Bushong and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong (From Noel: "Linda Lee Bushong was my Aunt and I was told she was very beautiful with a personality to go with that beauty.")