Vaunceil Yvonne (Cooper) Bush, 99, passed away February 4, 2016 in Lambertville, Michigan. Visitation will be held from 12:00-1:00 p.m., followed by funeral service at 1:00 p.m. Friday, February 12, 2016 at Mt. Moriah, Newcomer and Freeman Funeral Home, 10507 Holmes Road, Kansas City, Missouri. Burial Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
She was born to William Fred and Glenna (Clark) Cooper on May 25, 1916 in Bethany, Missouri. She had three siblings: her surviving brother, Bueford C. Cooper of Ridgeway, Missouri and the late Evelyn V. Sutherland of Kansas City, Missouri and the late William D. Cooper of Moberly, Missouri.
She was married to the late Major Frederick D. Bush in 1939 in Ridgeway, Missouri. To this union was born two children, F. Steven Bush (Kathryn Jakeman) of Houston, Texas and Michelle L. (Bush) Parrish (Billy Parrish) of Temperance, Michigan; four granddaughters: Melissa (Andy) Mihalick, Alison (Peter) Strelitz, and Laura (Nolan) Brunnworth, and Kristin (Jason) Dorris; and eight great-grandchildren: Baron, two sets of twin boys (Jake and Miles/Gus and Henry) and three great-granddaughters all age seven (Lucy, Amelia and Kaija).
She graduated from the University of Missouri – Columbia and completed post-graduate work at Central Missouri State University. She was an educator and taught elementary school children for 40 years in public schools: mostly Bethany and Belton, Missouri. She also taught in many places located at her husband’s military assignments: Texas, Oklahoma, Germany and Libya.
She was a member of Eastern Star for 50 years. She belonged to the Methodist Church, Sigma Pi Alpha, American Association of University Women (AAUW) and the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).
She loved get-togethers of family and friends and she had many hobbies: gardening, quilting, reading, painting, traveling, exercising, and choral music groups.
Her love of volunteer work began in high school when she worked in the superintendent’s office, library, and substituted for a first grade teacher. Over the years she volunteered wherever needed: church quilter, Sunday school teacher, pianist, working for various church groups, and supporting military wives organizations.
In lieu of flowers, donations for the Belton Historical Society (P.O. Box 1144, Belton, Missouri 64012) would be appreciated.