Cleo Bush

1932 - 2021

Cleo Bush
July 2, 1932 - June 7, 2021
Pasco, Washington - Our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great great grandmother, sister and aunt, Cleo Bunnell went to Heaven on June 7, 2021 after a long illness with dementia at the age of 88. She was deeply loved and will be missed by all. She was born to Leo Francis Bunnell and Mary Helen Aston Bunnell on July 2, 1932 in Pleasant Grove, Utah. She grew up in Pleasant Grove, Utah and was Little Miss Pleasant Grove in 1938. She learned to cook on a woodstove. She loved to sing and was often heard on the Pleasant Grove radio. She sewed her children's clothing. She raised her family as they grew up on various horse and cattle ranches, beginning in Pleasant Grove, Utah then Halfway, Lakeview, and Roseburg, Oregon and in 1962 moved to the Tri-Cities, eventually living in Burbank, Washington since 1975. She started work in 1968 at Haas Western Wear and retired from Boise Cascade Paper Mill in 1992 after 20 hardworking years. She loved her children with all her heart. Cleo loved to crochet, quilt and do yard work. She enjoyed the company of her friends and pets. Cleo was an active endowed member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and enjoyed fulfilling her callings. She was unique. Cleo is survived by her sister, Jeralee Swearengin, son Alan (Samm) Adams, and daughters Mrs. Cheryl Stevens, Myralee and Lynne Adams, 8 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren and one great great grandson. She is preceded in death by her parents, husbands, brothers Dennis and David Bunnell, son Wendell K "Skip" Adams, daughter, Caryn Adams and grandson, Andrew Erlwein.
A graveside memorial service was held.