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Marilyn Joyce Endicott Bush

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[March 31, 2023]  FRESNO CA — Marilyn Joyce Endicott Bush passed peacefully away on March 29, 2023 in Fresno at the home of her oldest daughter, where she has lived for the past 3 ½ years.

Service: Celebration of Life on April 8, 2023 at the home of her daughter in Turlock, CA.

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Marilyn Joyce Endicott Bush
August 24, 1932-March 29, 2023

Marilyn Joyce Endicott Bush passed peacefully away on March 29, 2023 in Fresno at the home of her oldest daughter, where she has lived for the past 3 ½ years. Her service on April 8 will be a Celebration of her life at the home of her daughter in Turlock, CA. She will be interred at Mt. Vernon Memorial Gardens, Jefferson County, Illinois.

Marilyn was born August 24, 1932 in Mt. Vernon, to Goldie Pearl and Walter Endicott. She graduated High School in Mt. Vernon and attended Lincoln Bible Institute in Lincoln, where she met and on January 19, 1951, married Frank C Bush, Jr. They served in ministries in Cornland, Catlin, Greenville,  Scottsbluff, NE, and Lincoln.

Marilyn spent over 50 years of her life as the wife of a pastor and a volunteer in the churches where they served. She felt called by God to serve the most vulnerable by working with children’s ministries and then senior care both as a caregiver and an Activity Director. She made up elaborate stories that she told her grandchildren, had a great sense of humor, and was known for puppets and skits, clown costumes and music in her activities. Her faith shown in all she did, even to her last days. The love of Jesus, learned as a young girl, was passed on to her children and grandchildren, to her great-grandchildren and her caregivers. She saw all of her work and life as a ministry and spent many hours of unpaid time to make sure she took care of others, told the message of Christ, and did her work with excellence.

She was proceeded in death by her husband of 65 years, Frank C Bush Jr.; granddaughter Arah Marie Bush; parents, Goldie Pearl and Walter Endicott; her sisters June and Donna and brother Lyle. Surviving her are her five children Paula Lynette (John) McElwee; Michael Dennis (Jennifer Foos) Bush; Karen Ellen (David) Williams; David Brian (Donna Brown) Bush and Melanie Ann (Jeff) Clawson; her 15 grandchildren two step-grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and two step- great grandchildren.

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