Leona May Bushock

Leona May Bushock

Leona May Bushock, age 98, passed away on Monday, May 15, 2023, in Joliet, Illinois. She had been residing at the PARC Nursing Center and was in the care of VITAS Hospice. Leona was born on February 24, 1925, in New Salem, Pennsylvania to Kenneth "Nemo" and Kathryn Novak Bonchosky.
Leona graduated from Uniontown High School and earned her R.N. at the School of Nursing of the Uniontown Hospital in that city of Pennsylvania. She was a Cadet Nurse during World War II. Leona loved Nursing, and over her lifetime career, served in hospitals, doctors' offices, private duty, and in an Eastern PA Cardiac hospital. She worked in her profession in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri, and Texas. Leona practiced her Catholic faith in her many churches, beginning at St. Thomas Church in Footedale, Pa., as a child, and throughout her adult life, singing in the choir and making retreats.
Leona enjoyed cooking, sewing, knitting, and traveling. Together with husband Bob, she lived the last 23 years of married life in Bethlehem, Pa, where she skiied and took Elderhostel trips.
Preceded in death by her husband, Bob, of Uniontown, and 49 years of marriage; her parents, Kenneth, and Kathryn Bonchosky; brother, Norman Bunch of Richmond Virginia.
Survived by her daughter, Carol Lee Cooley, wife of Richard Cooley and grandson Steven Cooley
(Shari Plaza), all of the Joliet/New Lenox area of Illinois. Her sister-in-law Helen Bunch, and niece Linda Bunch (Dennis Clark) of Richmond, Virginia.
A private burial will take place at Mt. Macrina Cemetery in Uniontown at a time to be determined.
For information, you may visit Leona's Memorial Tribute at www.farkasfuneralhome.com where you can share a favorite memory or online condolences.