He was born August 22, 1945, in Canonsburg, the son of William C. and Ethel Whiteman Rush.
Bill was a 1964 graduate of Chartiers-Houston High School. Following high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army where he served as a Medical Corpsman from October 1965 to October 1967.
Mr. Rush was a member of Labor Local #373 in Pittsburgh and worked for Mascaro Construction for many years. Following his retirement from Mascaro, he drove school van for GG&C Bus Co. in Washington.
Bill was a member of the Washington Seventh-day Adventist Church.
On August 29, 1968, he married Cheryl Ford who survives.
Also surviving are three children; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Two sisters died in infancy.
Friends will be received 1 to 3 p.m., the time of service, Friday, September 9, in the McIlvaine-Speakman Funeral Home Ltd., Robert K. McIlvaine, Owner/Supervisor, 27 Cherry Ave., Houston, PA 15342. Interment will be private in Oak Spring Cemetery, Canonsburg.
Observer-Reporter on Sep. 7, 2022.
He was born August 22, 1945, in Canonsburg, the son of William C. and Ethel Whiteman Rush.
Bill was a 1964 graduate of Chartiers-Houston High School. Following high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army where he served as a Medical Corpsman from October 1965 to October 1967.
Mr. Rush was a member of Labor Local #373 in Pittsburgh and worked for Mascaro Construction for many years. Following his retirement from Mascaro, he drove school van for GG&C Bus Co. in Washington.
Bill was a member of the Washington Seventh-day Adventist Church.
On August 29, 1968, he married Cheryl Ford who survives.
Also surviving are three children; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Two sisters died in infancy.
Friends will be received 1 to 3 p.m., the time of service, Friday, September 9, in the McIlvaine-Speakman Funeral Home Ltd., Robert K. McIlvaine, Owner/Supervisor, 27 Cherry Ave., Houston, PA 15342. Interment will be private in Oak Spring Cemetery, Canonsburg.
Observer-Reporter on Sep. 7, 2022.
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