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Obituary- Harrison, Dorothy

Cora V. Blush
Dorothy A. Harrison
Services are pending at Parker Mortuary for Mrs. Cora V. Blush, 80, and her daughter, Mrs. Dorothy A. Harrison, 59, both of Lansing, who were killed Tuesday in a two-car accident on the Kansas Turnpike west of Lawrence.

Mrs. Blush was born March 17, 1895, in Belvue. She lived on a farm north of Silver Lake 46 years until she moved to Silver Lake.

She moved to Lansing to live with her daughter, Mrs. Harrison, about two months ago.

Mrs. Blush was a lifetime member of the Silver Lake Baptist Church, which she served as treasurer for 30 years. She was a teacher in the church’s Golden Circle Sunday school class. She was a charter member of the Silver Lake Community Club and the Silver Lake Home Demonstration Unit.

She served as vice chairman of the Shawnee County Home Economics Advisory Committee.

She was married Nov. 6, 1912, to V.R. Blush in Silver Lake. He died April 17 1963.

Survivors include three sons, Van R. Blush, 201 N.W. 39th, and Edgar H. Blush and George H. Blush, both of Silver Lake; eight brothers, Howard L. Bellman, 947 Forest, Carl E. Bellman, 2530 Virginia, Robert O. Bellman, 401 Woodlawn, William T. Bellman, Lyons, Delbert C. Bellman, Pasadena, Calif. Noel E. Bellman, Greenville, S.C., Eugene A. Bellman, Tustin, Calif, and Richard H. Bellman, Long Beach, Calif., three sisters, Mrs. May Kyser, Holt, Mich., Mrs. Nettie Dilleree, Millington, Mich., and Mrs. Marie Hendrix, Elwood; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Burial will be in Silver Lake Cemetery.

Mrs. Harrison was born May 7, 1916, in Silver Lake. She had lived in Lansing since 1971.

She was a registered nurse. She was a graduate of the Stormont-Vail School of Nursing and the University of Kansas. She had a masters degree in nursing from the University of Washington, Seattle.

She was a member of Sigma Theta Tau, national honor society of nursing.

She was married Dec. 18, 1971, to Edgar A. Harrison. He survives. Other survivors include three brothers.