HELEN IRENE BUSH

PERRYVILLE -- Helen Irene Baylard Bush, 77, died at her home in Perryville Friday, Feb. 7, 1997.

She was born Sept. 13, 1919 at Belgique, Mo., daughter of Joseph Lawrence and May Gertrude Miles Baylard.

She married George E. Bush Sr. on Oct. 17, 1945 at St. Louis. He survives.

She was a graduate of Perryville High School, and was Miss Perryville in 1936. She worked at International Shoe Company and later at Hussman as an assistant personnel director.

Survivors include sons two sons, George Bush Jr., of Atlanta, Ga., and Robert Bush, Perryville; and one granddaughter.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Lloyd Baylard and Howard Baylard, and a sister, Zita Baylard Brown.

Service will be held Monday at 9 a.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville, with the Rev. Gerard P. Kelly officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville from 4 to 9 p.m. today, and from 6:30 to 9:50 a.m. Monday. A parish wake service will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday.