Family Group Record for Leo Thomas English and Helen May Bushnell


Husband Leo Thomas English [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Born:02/12/1913 - Jackson, Delaware, Iowa [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Christened:
Died:08/1984 - Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa [6][7]
Buried:Ryan, Delaware, Iowa [7] PIC
Father:William Matthew English [1]
Mother:Eleanor W Nielson [1]
Marriage:09/21/1936 [7][8]

Events and Facts
1. He appeared on the Iowa State census on 01/01/1915 in Hazel Green, Delaware, Iowa with his parents. [2]
2. He was Catholic on 01/01/1915 in Hazel Green, Delaware, Iowa . [2]
3. He appeared on the US Federal census on 01/01/1920 in Hazel Green, Delaware, Iowa with his parents. [3]
4. He appeared on the Iowa State census on 01/01/1925 in Hazel Green, Delaware, Iowa with his parents. [4]
5. He was educated through the 7th grade on 01/01/1925 in Hazel Green, Delaware, Iowa . [4]
6. He was Catholic on 01/01/1925 in Hazel Green, Delaware, Iowa . [4]
7. He appeared on the US Federal census on 04/01/1930 in Hazel Green, Delaware, Iowa with his parents. [5]
Wife Helen May Bushnell [8]
Born:12/17/1913 - Manchester, Delaware, Iowa [8]
Christened:
Died:02/25/2011 - Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa [8]
Buried:Ryan, Delaware, Iowa [8] PIC
Father:Earl Henry Bushnell [8]
Mother:Reba Sarah Spitler [8]

Events and Facts
1. She worked as an employee of Coillins Radio Company and retired in 1975 . [8]
2. Her obituary was published on her Find-A-Grave Memorial on 02/27/2011. [8]

Helen May (Bushnell) English, 97, of Cottage Grove Place, Cedar Rapids, passed from this life to her eternal home on Friday, February 25, 2011, after suffering a short illness. A Mass of Celebration of her life will be held at St. Matthew's Catholic Church at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 1, 2011 by Rev. David Beckman. There will be no visitation. Burial will take place at Calvary Cemetery, Ryan, Iowa, at a future date. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion.

Helen was a loving mother of three, David (Mary) English, Beverlee (Mike) Valant, and Mark (Karon Warner) English; grandmother of five, Joni (Bret) Throlson, Chris (Jeri) English, Tracie (Matt) Chute, Amy (Doug) Andersen and Kristin (David) Scott and great-grandmother of nine, Jason Throlson, Austin and Cory English, Austin and Hannah Chute, Katlyn and McKenna Andersen, and Christian and Owen Scott.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Leo; her son, Mark, who died in Vietnam; daughter-in-law Mary English; 7 brothers; 2 sisters, and many wonderful friends.

Helen was born December 17, 1913, in rural Manchester, Iowa, the daughter of Earl and Reba Bushnell.

She married Leo English on September 21, 1936, a union which lasted 48 years until Leo's death in 1984.

Helen was employed by Collins Radio Company, retiring in 1975. She was very proud to be a charter member of St. Pius X Parish until joining St. Matthew Parish in 2006. She will be fondly remembered for her love of God, family and friends, her untiring zest for life, and a good game of 500…any time, any place. Helen takes with her a part of us and we will miss her greatly.

Our very special thanks to the wonderful staff at Cottage Grove who took such loving care of our mother and grandmother.

In lieu of flowers, our family request donations be made to St. Matthew Parish or to Cottage Grove Place, or Mercy Hospice, in Helen's memory.

Fly….fly….fly away so high '96 thank you, thank you…the wind beneath my wings. God's speed, Helen May.

Arrangements & obituary: Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion.

Children
1 M David English
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2 F Beverlee English
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3 M Mark Leo English
Born:10/03/1946
Christened:
Died:12/18/1966 - South Vietnam
Buried:Ryan, Delaware, Iowa
Sources
1. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., "Iowa Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999," Leo Thomas English; database, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2011 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 12/09/2022); citing "Iowa Births and Christenings 1830-1950," Index, FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010, FHL Microfilm 1,065,034 [Surety: 3].
2. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Iowa State Census Collection 1836-1925, 1915, Hazel Green, Delaware, IA, line 135, English, Lao; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2007 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 01/26/2011); citing Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa State Historical Society, Iowa State Census microfilm via Heritage Quest [Surety: 3].
3. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1920 United States Federal Census, ED 104, Hazel Green, Delaware, IA, sheet 6A, page 234, dwelling 114, family 114, line 49, English, Leo T; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 01/24/2011); citing Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T625 (2076 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 487 [Surety: 3].
4. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Iowa State Census Collection 1836-1925, 1925, Hazel Green, Delaware, IA, page 15, line 19, English, Leo T; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2007 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 01/25/2011); citing Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa State Historical Society, Iowa State Census microfilm via Heritage Quest [Surety: 3].
5. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1930 United States Federal Census, ED 28-18, Hazel Green, Delaware, IA, sheet 5B, page 570, dwelling 98, family 98, line 84, English, Leo; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2002 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 01/26/2011); citing Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T626 (2667 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 652 [Surety: 3].
6. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Leo English, 1984, SS no. 482-12-2297; Database online, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2014 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 01/26/2011); citing Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Administration, Washington, DC [Surety: 3].
7. User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Leo Thomas English (#66011948); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 12/12/2016) [Surety: 2].
8. User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Helen May (Bushnell) English (#66226274); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 12/12/2016) [Surety: 2].


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