Bernice M Bushey

Mrs. Bernice M. Bushey, 95, went to join the Lord on Saturday April 17, 2021 at UVHN: CVPH Medical Center. She was born in Holyoke, MA on February 25, 1926 the daughter Frank and Anna (Longevison) Lashway.
On June 14, 1944 she married Leonard Bushey. Bernice worked at the slipper factory in Mooers Forks for four years and later at Georgia Pacific for sixteen. For forty years she worked for the Diocese of Ogdensburg as a housekeeper for Rev. Howard McCasland. Bernice was a Franciscan from 1984 until her passing. Over the years she received numerous awards for her work, including; The Bishop Leo R. Smith Award for Outstanding work and interest in youth, and a special proclamation from Most Reverend Gerald Barbarito and from President George Bush for her dedicated service to the Diocese of Ogdensburg.
For the past ten years she lived in what she called her “apartment” at Skilled Nursing at CVPH Medical Center.
She is survived by five children: Kenneth (Joan) Bushey, Judy Lyons, Mary (John) Weightman, Sr., Sue Davison, Rod (Donna) Bushey and Karen (Douglas) Trombley. Sixteen grandchildren, Kevin, Tony, Johnny and Amy Boutin Bushey, Art and Paula Whitlock Lyons, John Jr., Penny and Jimmy Weightman, Victoria Davison Heroux and Thomas Davison, Kasey and Lyndsie Bushey, and Krrynne Trombley Vincent, Danyelle and Joel Trombley, as well as twenty great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren, her brother Francis “Maynard” Lashway and a sister Geraldine Kimbler, several nieces and nephews also survive her.
Bernice was predeceased by her parents, her husband Leonard, twin boys Gary and Larry and a son Daniel, two sons-in-law Robert Davison and Art Lyons, Sr., thirteen brothers and sister, Frank, Jr., Clarence, Leon, Amos, Harold, Gerald, her twin brother Bernard, Kenneth, Irene Bushey, Lillian Fountain, Evelyn Riley, Mildred Dame and Shirley Jarvis.
Calling hours will be held on Thursday April 22, 2021 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at Brown Funeral Home in Altona, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday April 23, 2021 at 11:00 am at St. Edmund’s Church in Ellenburg; burial will follow in the Holy Angels Cemetery in Altona.
Donations in her memory may be made to the St. Bernard’s and St. Edmund’s parish.
Bernice’s family wishing to thank the staff of skilled nursing for all the care they provided her over the years.
Arrangements are entrusted to the Brown Funeral Home, 3123 Miner Farm Road, Altona, NY. Online condolences may be offered at www.brownfuneralhomeinc.com.