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January 24, 1941 - January 14, 2025 Burial Date: January 10, 2025 Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Alcorn Funeral Home in Hawthorn. The funeral service will be Friday, January 17, 2025, at 11 a.m. at the Shannondale Zion Lutheran Church with Pastor Tim Spence officiating. |
Martha L. Bish, 83, of New Bethlehem, passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at Brookville Hospital. She was born on January 24, 1941, in Mayport to the late Harry “Buck” and Martha (Swan) McKinney. She married Howard A. “Butch” Bish, Sr. on February 3, 1958, and he preceded her in death on January 28, 2011. Martha was a private caregiver for years. She was a member of the Shannondale Zion Lutheran Church. She is survived by three children, Howard A. “Butch” Bish, Jr. and his wife, Grace, of Mayport, Sheila Maxwell and her husband, Dana, of Punxsutawney and Carol Jean Clinger and her friend, Alfred Lee of Clarion, eight grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and husband, Butch, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Cindy Martha Leila Walters. Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Alcorn Funeral Home in Hawthorn. The funeral service will be Friday, January 17, 2025, at 11 a.m. at the Shannondale Zion Lutheran Church with Pastor Tim Spence officiating. Interment will follow in the Shannondale Union Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.alcornfuneralhome.com. |