NEGLEY - Harold "Mike" Wesley Bish, 92, of Negley, Ohio, formerly of New Galilee, PA, died Saturday, March 5, 2011.
Born October 9, 1918, in Oak Ridge, PA, Mike lived a very full and happy life. He enlisted in the service after high school and was a World War II veteran, where he served as a Staff Sergeant in the 190th & 200th Field Artillery Battalion, United States Army. He received the highest commendation from his Major General and was awarded a Bronze Star Medal for military operations from May 1944 May 1945. Additionally he was wounded by the enemy in December 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium, and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Mike met his wife Dorothy while in Bath, England, where they were married. She was a war bride who waited out two years of the war to travel to America and Mike via the original Queen Mary. They were married for a blissful 57 years. An avid outdoorsman, he was most happy hunting in the woods or fishing on the river. His garden and flowers were his pride, particularly his rose trellis. Family and grandchildren were the light of his life, as well as his faithful dog, Benny.
He was preceded in death by his parents: Guy W. Bish and Pearl (Davis) Bish, his wife: Dorothy (Haskings) Bish, three brothers: Clint Bish, Palmer "Pil" Bish, and Wayne Bish, and a grandson: Michael Bish.
He is survived by three children, a son, John Bish and his wife Helen, a daughter Kate McCrea and her husband Nate and a daughter Colleen Bish. He had five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received Wednesday from 2 to 4 pm and 6 to 8 pm in the LUTTON CHIPPEWA FUNERAL HOME, 117 Blackhawk Road, www.luttonfuneralhome.com, where a funeral service will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. with Evangelist Glen Bias officiating. Interment will follow at Grandview Cemetery.
The Veteran's Honor Guard will meet 11:30 am at the cemetery to present full military honors.
His family would like to publicly thank Hospice Senior Independence who has been so helpful during this difficult time.
The family requests contributions be made in Mike's name, if desired, to Hospice Senior Independence, 6715 Tippecanoe Road Bldg. E, Suite 201, Canfield, Ohio 44406.
NEGLEY - Harold "Mike" Wesley Bish, 92, of Negley, Ohio, formerly of New Galilee, PA, died Saturday, March 5, 2011.
Born October 9, 1918, in Oak Ridge, PA, Mike lived a very full and happy life. He enlisted in the service after high school and was a World War II veteran, where he served as a Staff Sergeant in the 190th & 200th Field Artillery Battalion, United States Army. He received the highest commendation from his Major General and was awarded a Bronze Star Medal for military operations from May 1944 May 1945. Additionally he was wounded by the enemy in December 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium, and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Mike met his wife Dorothy while in Bath, England, where they were married. She was a war bride who waited out two years of the war to travel to America and Mike via the original Queen Mary. They were married for a blissful 57 years. An avid outdoorsman, he was most happy hunting in the woods or fishing on the river. His garden and flowers were his pride, particularly his rose trellis. Family and grandchildren were the light of his life, as well as his faithful dog, Benny.
He was preceded in death by his parents: Guy W. Bish and Pearl (Davis) Bish, his wife: Dorothy (Haskings) Bish, three brothers: Clint Bish, Palmer "Pil" Bish, and Wayne Bish, and a grandson: Michael Bish.
He is survived by three children, a son, John Bish and his wife Helen, a daughter Kate McCrea and her husband Nate and a daughter Colleen Bish. He had five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received Wednesday from 2 to 4 pm and 6 to 8 pm in the LUTTON CHIPPEWA FUNERAL HOME, 117 Blackhawk Road, www.luttonfuneralhome.com, where a funeral service will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. with Evangelist Glen Bias officiating. Interment will follow at Grandview Cemetery.
The Veteran's Honor Guard will meet 11:30 am at the cemetery to present full military honors.
His family would like to publicly thank Hospice Senior Independence who has been so helpful during this difficult time.
The family requests contributions be made in Mike's name, if desired, to Hospice Senior Independence, 6715 Tippecanoe Road Bldg. E, Suite 201, Canfield, Ohio 44406.
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