Viola Marie Bush

  was born in Patton, Mo., on September 21, 1944, the daughter of Dayton and Geardean Mouser Stearns.  She died on October 26, 2020, at Woodland Hills Stonebridge at the age of 76,  following several years of fighting cancer.

Viola was the loving mother of five children:  Gregory Bush of House Springs, Mo., Jay Kevin Bush of Marble Hill, Mo., the late Michael Bush, the late Cynthia Lynn Bush, and the late Pamela (Craig) Yount.  She was a loving grandmother of three grandchildren:  Renee, Justin, and Megan Yount, and one great-grandchild,  She was predeceased by a brother and a sister.

Visitation and funeral service will be held on Friday, October 30, 2020, at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill.  Visitation will be from11:00 a.m. until service time.  Funeral services will begin at 1:00 p.m. with Rev. Ray Meek officiating.  Inurnment will be at a later date in Cape Girardeau County Memorial Park Cemetery.