2012-10-02
Collection: 2012
Title
2012-10-02
Subject
Kush, William Joseph
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
2012-10-04
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
b18#090 2012
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2012-10-02,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 23, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/2419.
Text
William Kush
78. LAKE PLACID. NY
William Joseph Kush, 78, Lake Placid, NY, passed away on Tuesday,
Oct. 2, 2012.
He was born on July 25, 1934 in Wichita.
He was the second child of John Lewis and Inace Lorene (Jack-son) Kush. A brother, John Walter, died in infancy.
Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5, with an American Legion Prayer Service at 7:45 p.m., all at the M. B. Clark, Inc. Funeral Home, 2310 Saranac Ave., Lake Placid, NY 12946.
Burial with military honors will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct.12, at Harbour-ton Cemetery in Harbour-ton, New Jersey.
He grew up in Augusta, Kan. He attended the public schools and played baseball for Charlie Dunn’s Augusta Tigers. He did summer work for A.V. Small, Butler County, and the Mobil Refinery. After graduation from high school, he attended Kansas State University where he studied chemistry,, played varsity baseball, and graduated with a B.S. Degree in 1956.
He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1957where he spent two years in the |Chemical Corp attheDugway Proving Ground in Utah.
He was discharged from the Army as a specialist Third Class in 1959- Here-turned to Kansas and worked as a chemist for Skehy Oil in El Dorado and Southwest Grease and Oil in Wichita. In 1961 he joined Mobil Corporations Research and Development Department in Paulsboro, New Jersey. He worked 30 years for Mobil at Paulsboro and the Technical Service Laboratory in Princeton, New Jersey. He was a principal in the development of the premium automotive lubricant Mobil
and taught oil refining and marketing concepts to Mobil hires and interested professional and civic organizations. In 1968 he married Rebecca Marlene (Haile) Whelan of Princeton, Kentucky. They made their home in Woodstown, and later in Harbourton, New Jersey, and kept a summer place in Lake Placid, New York. There were three children in the family; two step-children, Marjorie and David Whelan, and a daughter Rebecca. His wife and step-son both died in 1987 from separate medical issues.
Bill moved to Lake placid in 1996. It was here he met Sandra Kane, who became his companion and good friend for the remainder of his life. He was a reporter for the local radio station, he enjoyed the time he spent with his four good fishing buddies, and the goodwill of many persons of excellent character. He was an Emeritus member of the American Chemical Society, Kansas State University President’s Club, and Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity. He attended Adirondack Community Church in Lake Placid, NY.
He is survived by: his daughter, Rebecca Lorene (Kush) Lowe and her husband Wayne of Harrisburg, Pa., and Dr. Marjorie Whelan and her husband Blair Walter of Perkasie, Pa., and Jay, New York; four grandchildren, Joshua, Andrew, Calvin, and Samuel Lowe.
From birth to death we live between eternities. In the end there is only God’s grace. God bless all who read this.
At Bill’s request gifts in his memory may be made to the Adirondack Community Church, 2583 Main St., Lake Placid, NY 12946
The Blackwell Memorial Home, 21 North Main St., Pennington, NJ 08534 will be in charge of the New Jersey Arrangements.
Relatives and friends are invited to “light a Candle” and share a story, memory and prayer with Bill’s family at www.mbclarkfuner-alhome.com.
Original Format
Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page
Title
2012-10-02
Subject
Kush, William Joseph
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
2012-10-04
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
b18#090 2012
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2012-10-02,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 23, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/2419.Text
William Kush
78. LAKE PLACID. NY
William Joseph Kush, 78, Lake Placid, NY, passed away on Tuesday,
Oct. 2, 2012.
He was born on July 25, 1934 in Wichita.
He was the second child of John Lewis and Inace Lorene (Jack-son) Kush. A brother, John Walter, died in infancy.
Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5, with an American Legion Prayer Service at 7:45 p.m., all at the M. B. Clark, Inc. Funeral Home, 2310 Saranac Ave., Lake Placid, NY 12946.
Burial with military honors will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct.12, at Harbour-ton Cemetery in Harbour-ton, New Jersey.
He grew up in Augusta, Kan. He attended the public schools and played baseball for Charlie Dunn’s Augusta Tigers. He did summer work for A.V. Small, Butler County, and the Mobil Refinery. After graduation from high school, he attended Kansas State University where he studied chemistry,, played varsity baseball, and graduated with a B.S. Degree in 1956.
He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1957where he spent two years in the |Chemical Corp attheDugway Proving Ground in Utah.
He was discharged from the Army as a specialist Third Class in 1959- Here-turned to Kansas and worked as a chemist for Skehy Oil in El Dorado and Southwest Grease and Oil in Wichita. In 1961 he joined Mobil Corporations Research and Development Department in Paulsboro, New Jersey. He worked 30 years for Mobil at Paulsboro and the Technical Service Laboratory in Princeton, New Jersey. He was a principal in the development of the premium automotive lubricant Mobil
and taught oil refining and marketing concepts to Mobil hires and interested professional and civic organizations. In 1968 he married Rebecca Marlene (Haile) Whelan of Princeton, Kentucky. They made their home in Woodstown, and later in Harbourton, New Jersey, and kept a summer place in Lake Placid, New York. There were three children in the family; two step-children, Marjorie and David Whelan, and a daughter Rebecca. His wife and step-son both died in 1987 from separate medical issues.
Bill moved to Lake placid in 1996. It was here he met Sandra Kane, who became his companion and good friend for the remainder of his life. He was a reporter for the local radio station, he enjoyed the time he spent with his four good fishing buddies, and the goodwill of many persons of excellent character. He was an Emeritus member of the American Chemical Society, Kansas State University President’s Club, and Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity. He attended Adirondack Community Church in Lake Placid, NY.
He is survived by: his daughter, Rebecca Lorene (Kush) Lowe and her husband Wayne of Harrisburg, Pa., and Dr. Marjorie Whelan and her husband Blair Walter of Perkasie, Pa., and Jay, New York; four grandchildren, Joshua, Andrew, Calvin, and Samuel Lowe.
From birth to death we live between eternities. In the end there is only God’s grace. God bless all who read this.
At Bill’s request gifts in his memory may be made to the Adirondack Community Church, 2583 Main St., Lake Placid, NY 12946
The Blackwell Memorial Home, 21 North Main St., Pennington, NJ 08534 will be in charge of the New Jersey Arrangements.
Relatives and friends are invited to “light a Candle” and share a story, memory and prayer with Bill’s family at www.mbclarkfuner-alhome.com.
Original Format
Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page