Wilma E. Tush

Where she goes He will walk, holding her hand and leading her to paradise.  On Saturday, January 13, 2018, Wilma Eldora Estelle Ealy Tush passed from this life into the hands of God.  She was born March 4, 1929, in Nineveh, to Byron and Hazel Kahlbaugh Ealy. Mrs. Tush graduated from Trinity High School and worked in the accounting department at J. C. Penney for 18 years. She was a member of West Washington United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school and was a member of United Methodist Women.  Mrs. Tush enjoyed baking and spending time with her family.  For the past two years, she attended Senior Life. Mrs. Tush was a wonderful daughter, wife, mother and grandmother.  She had a quiet eloquence about her, a warm smile, a coy chuckle, and a strong faith in God.  Most of all, she loved her family and tried to find the good in everyone.  She was preceded in death by her father, Byron Ealy; her mother, Hazel Kahlbaugh Ealy; her husband, James Tush, Sr., brothers, Gerald and Thomas Ealy; her sister, Nancy Tharp; and her son, Timothy Lyle. Surviving are her daughter-in-law, Diane Lyle of McDonald; sons, Thomas Lyle of Midland and James Tush, Jr. (Diane) of Eighty Four; a daughter, Patricia A. Tush Kelley (Thomas, deceased) of Eighty Four; Alfred and Stephanie Passa, whom she loved as her own; 12 grandchildren, Thomas Kelley, Tracey Scott, James Tush, Thomas Lyle, Donna Rae Sallee, Shawn Lyle, Andrea Olsen, Timothy Lyle, Bailey Lyle, Jamie Duran, Missy Aubrey, and Jerry Beaumariage; 16 great-grandchildren; brother, Duane Ealy (Eileen) of New York; sisters, Gwen Roupe of Washington, Margaret Johns of Georgia, and Bessie Martin of Ruff Creek; and many nieces and nephews. Friends will be received on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., in William G. Neal Funeral Homes, Ltd., 925 Allison Avenue, Washington, where services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, January 18th, with Rev. Brian Kilbert officiating.  Private burial will be held in Fairmount Cemetery, West Finley.