======JOHN COLIN BUSH======

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February 10, 2015

Born January 24, 1990 at Herrick Hospital, Tecumseh, Michigan to Mark Edward and Nancy Lynne Bush.

John joined the family of 2 brothers,  Nathan almost 6 and Aaron 3 years old. 

When John was 2 years old, he was at our house and I saw him go in the neighbor's horse barn.  His dad went out to get him.  It was already too late. He had been in with the horses and his shoes were a mess. 

It was when he was 2 that I told his mom that I wouldn't be able to keep him unless the other boys were with him.  He like to run and I didn't want him to get hurt. 

One day the family was coming to our house for dinner from church, so John wanted to ride with us.
He asked if we were taking the long cut home.  I guess he thought that it was taking too long. 

We shared Grandparents Day with John when he was in 2nd grade.  One of the things the teacher asked the grandparents was what school was like when they were in 2nd grade.  My comment was the school was a one room school with K-8 grades with one teacher. We ate lunch in the cafeteria with John also.

On our trip out west with the Bush family in the summer of 2001, John was 11 years old.  There were 2 things that I remember about John.  He had fun going to the trout farm and fishing for trout. They had bread balls for bait and as soon as the line was dropped in the water, there was a fish on the hook.  They cleaned the fish that was caught and cooked them on the grill.  We had a very fresh fish lunch. 

The other thing on the trip when we were in Cody, Wyoming and were getting ready to go to the rodeo that they have every night in the summer.  John didn't want to go. He was pretty insistent. He didn't want to see the calves roped and thrown on the ground and their legs tied up.  I think that he was thinking of the calves getting hurt. When told that everyone else wanted to go, he finally said that he would go.  After he got there, he liked the rodeo.

One time John was helping me rake leaves and burn them. I found out that he liked burning the leaves and playing with the fire more than he did raking them.  

John liked sports and played football and basketball., but mostly basketball.  We cheered (not too loudly) him on at several games. He did well. 
John played the trumpet in the Britton band , so we had the opportunity to enjoy several band concerts. 

John graduated from Britton High School in May of 2008 as salutatorian of his class. He did well in giving a speech at the graduation. 

John also worked at Prielipp's Greenhouse summers.  We would go over for some flowers and he would pick out a nice  hanging basket for the front porch, since he was tall and could reach them.

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We were able to see John graduate from Spring Arbor University in November of 2011  with a  Bachelor's Degree with a  Biochemistry Major. 

John married Bethany Williams June 2, 2012 at Above and Beyond , Norton Shores, Michigan in an  outdoors wedding.