2008 Year in Review

Yvonne Gray

August 26, 1936 - August 03, 2008

YVONNE F. GRAY, 71, of 204 W. Park St. in Morrison, IL, died Sunday, August 3, 2008 at OSF St. Anthony’s Medical Center in Rockford, IL.

Yvonne was born on August 26, 1936 in Morrison, IL to Paul and Katherine Irene (Glazier) Bush. She was a 1954 graduate of Morrison High School and went on to graduate from the University of Tampa in Tampa, FL with her BA in Education. After high school, Yvonne was employed as an airline stewardess. While living in the Tampa, FL area she was employed with Soloman, Smith, Barney, E.F. Hutton, followed by the University of Tampa as an Administrative Secretary. When she moved to the Morrison, IL area, she was employed with Superwash, Northwestern Title Company as a secretary, and most recently, as a substitute teacher at Northside Elementary School in Morrison, IL until her retirement. Yvonne was a member of Emmanuel Reformed Church in Morrison, IL. She was a member of the Red Hat Society in Morrison, IL and a volunteer at the WHOA Therapeutic Riding Stable in Morrison, IL.

Survivors include her fiancée, Ron Garwick of Morrison, IL; two sons, Steven (Susan Devers) Schroeder of Morrison, IL,Thomas (Margaret) Schroeder of Brandon, FL; two grandchildren, Tara Schroeder and Stephanie Schroeder; her mother, Irene Bush of Morrison, IL; one brother, Lawrence Bush of St. Clairsville, OH.

She was preceded in death by her father, Paul Bush and one brother, Wesley Bush.

Funeral Information

FUNERAL SERVICE WHEN AND WHERE: 10:30 AM, Saturday, August 9, 2008 at Emmanuel Reformed Church – Morrison, IL

OFFICIATING CLERGY: Rev. Jeffery N. McIlrath, pastor of Emmanuel Reformed Church – Morrison, IL

VISITATION: 4:00 to 8:00 PM, Friday, August 8, 2008, at the Morrison Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home

INTERMENT: Grove Hill Cemetery – Morrison, IL

Donations Information

MEMORIALS TO: Emmanuel Reformed Church & Morrison Food Pantry

by  Editor, theCity1.com
August 3, 2008