[This was a partial obituary…]

…ers and Shippers Association in Nampa until its subsequent split into eastern and western divisions. At this point, he tried a brief re-entry into the gas and oil business in Burley
Returning to Boise, he was asked to participate in the organization of Security State Life Insurance Co., which later became Continental Life & Accident Co. He sold most of the original stock for the insurance company, and after the first year was the managing director of the company, holding title of treasurer and director.
At the age of 55, he went into semi-retirement on a small farm he owned in Nampa.
In 1954, he formed Idaho Chemical Industries Inc., with two young chemists, Clair Bush and Cecil Olson. He was president and manager of the corporation until his retirement in 1968 at the age of 70.
His interests outside his work are too numerous to mention. He belonged to many civic and service organizations, lodges, and volunteer groups. In his early days, He was a Boy Scout leader, and was an active member of the Elks Lodge in Burley and in Boise throughout his life.
Following his service in the Army during World War 1, Mr. Bush joined the American Legion when it was first organized in 1919 in Malad City. He was the first secretary of the Malad Post and became very active. He held every office, culminating in his position as national executive committeeman for the state of Idaho. He worked tirelessly for the GI Bill of Rights, traveling to Washington, D.C. with the Idaho delegation to press for passage of the bill.
His civic interests extended into politics, serving as the state Democratic chairman in 1944. Through his efforts, the Democrats swept the elections of all state and federal offices in Idaho that year.
Mr. Bush is remembered as a loving and generous husband, father and grandfather, and a man full of energy with many interests and abilities.
Survivors include his wife, Lona; a son and daughter–in-law, David Clair and Norma Bush of Boise; a brother, Jay C. Bush of Brigham City, Utah; four granddaughters, Suzanne (Mrs. Kirk) Broders and Cheryl Moon, both of Boise, Barbara (Mrs Richard) Dahl of Kailua, Hawaii, and Linda Bush of New Haven, Conn;, and nine great-grandchildren. In addition to his first wife, their daughter, four of is brothers and three sisters also died earlier.