The obituary, shown below, was originally published in the March 16, 2015
issue of
The Daily Local News (West Chester, PA).
Yolanda Ciarrocchi Bush, 89 of Toughkenamon, Pa., died Saturday March 14, 2015 at Neighborhood Hospice in West Chester, Pa. She was the wife of the late John M. Bush who died in 1989 and with whom she shared 36 years of marriage. Born in Toughkenamon, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Charles and the late Maria (Pappone) Ciarrocchi. Yolanda was a 1942 graduate of Kennett High School and a longtime parishioner of St. Gabriel Catholic Church in Avondale. From the 1970’s to 1996 she was a Travel Agent for Bon Vivant Travel Agency and more recently for Worldwide Travel from 1996 – 2011. She loved traveling, cooking for everyone and most importantly spending time with her family and grandchildren. Survivors include two sons, John C. Bush and his wife Mary of West Grove and Jim T. Bush of Toughkenamon; two brothers, Henry Ciarrocchi and his wife Edith of Avondale and Albert Ciarrocchi of West Grove; two sisters, Edith Haney of West Grove and Mary DiSerafino of Aston; four grandchildren, Christopher, Melissa, Cory and Brian and sisters-in-law Mary Ciarrocchi of Greenville and Helen Downing of Kelton. She was predeceased by a brother Charles Ciarrocchi. You are invited to visit with Yolanda’s family and friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday March 19 and from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday, March 20 at Assumption BVM Catholic Church, 300 State Rd., West Grove, PA 19390. Her Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday. Interment will be in St. Patrick Cemetery. Contributions in her memory may be made to Neighborhood Hospice, 795 E. Marshall St. Suite 204, West Chester PA 19380 or to American Macular Degeneration Foundation, PO Box 515, Northampton, MA 01061-0515. Arrangements are being handled by the Kuzo & Grieco Funeral Home (610-444-4116) of Kennett Square. To view her online tribute or to share a memory with her family, please visit www.griecocares.com