~ IN MEMORY ~
Military veteran, NWA Col. (ret.) John Lincoln Bush
June 15, 1950 ~ February 24, 2020
Notification with the passing of retired Northwest pilot Col.
John Lincoln Bush, age 69. I believe ret.
Col. Bush joined Northwest Airlines 09-20-1999.
He is survived by his wife Emilie ‘Lili’ plus his children and their
families.
Obituary information may be viewed online at
For those wishing to contact the family, whitepages lists
the most current address as
3508 Stearman Lane, Crawford, CO 81415.
If more is learned, we will then pass along that
information.
Thank you,
~ Carol for the PCN
Obituary…………… Col. John Lincoln Bush
Colonel (Ret.) John Lincoln Bush, born June 15, 1950 in
Ames, Iowa, died February 24, 2020 in Crawford, Colorado. John was the eldest
child of United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel John Earl Bush and Audrey
Lorraine Bush (Folsom) of Ames, Iowa. He graduated from the United States Air
Force Academy in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering;
Troy State University in 1979 with a Master of Science in Management; and was a
Distinguished Graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB in 1983. A
pilot to his very core, John logged over 14,500 hours of flight time through
his work over 27 years in the Air Force, and then with Northwest Airlines, the
National Test Pilot School, Eclipse Aviation, and the Civil Service. His work
as an airline pilot and USAF fighter/trainer/transport and test pilot kept him
flying, which he loved. One of his greatest joys was being a flight instructor
at the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB. He was universally
recognized as an excellent instructor, earning the David B. Barnes Outstanding
Flight Instructor Award four times. His impact mentoring the next generations
of test pilots has been felt over four decades. He was a member of the
following organizations as another means to follow his passion to fly: Quiet
Birdmen, Airplane Owners and Pilots Association, Experimental Aircraft
Association, Society of Experimental Test Pilots - Associate Fellow, United
States Parachute Association and the Order of Daedalians.
He was also passionate about the outdoors, enjoying camping,
backpacking, fishing, skiing, and exploring the great outdoors wherever the Air
Force took him. John was active in the Boy Scouts of America in his youth,
achieving Eagle Scout, and was a Scout Master when his son was in the Boy
Scouts.
He is survived by his wife Emilie 'Lili' Chaudron Bush
(Howard) and his children and their families – John Blaine Bush and Dimity
Margaret Podger of Woonona, New South Wales, Australia and their sons William
Rowan Bush and Owen John Bush; Rietta Katherine McCain (Bush) and Brian Sean
McCain of Eagle, Idaho and their daughters Rietta Cordelia McCain and Dorothy
Lilianne McCain – as well as his sisters, Megan Ann Million (Bush) and her
husband Michael Dennis Million of Crestview, Florida and Leigh Sinclair of
Denver, Colorado. John was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers,
Jay Folsom Bush and Jed Lee Bush.
John's family appreciates the loving and compassionate care
provided him by Dr. Helen Goldberg and the staff of the Grand Mesa Oncology and
Infusion Center and the nurses and staff of Hope West Hospice: Lori, Carol,
Cheryle, Richard, Tamara, and Micaela.
Services celebrating John's life were held at 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 29th at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Delta, Colorado, with
the Reverend Larry Bradford presiding and the Reverend Reese Riley preaching.
There will also be a celebration in Tehachapi, California in the spring of
2020.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made in
John's memory to:
EAA Aviation Foundation, Inc - General Scholarship Fund
PO Box 3816
Oshkosh, WI 54903-3816
(800) 236-1025
https://eaa.org/eaa/apps/donations/donationform
-or-
Hope West Hospice
3090 North 12th Street #B
Grand Junction, CO 81506
(970) 241-2212
https://www.hopewestco.org/memorial-gifts/
-or-
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
PO Box 724
Delta, CO 81416
(970) 874-9489
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