Ione Bush, 77, Hills, died Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2004, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.Services were Saturday, Aug. 7, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. The Rev. Lowell Berg officiated. Burial was in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery. Ione Kraetsch was born to Charles and Ricka Kraetsch on May 13, 1927, at Clear Lake, S.D. She graduated from Luverne High School in 1945. As a teenager, she worked at the theatre as an usher and also at Creeger’s.She married Berdell Bush on Oct. 6, 1948, in Luverne. Along with raising their family and being a homemaker, she had several jobs. She was a cook and activity director at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills, Rock County Family Services coordinator of aging for 16 years and was instrumental in establishing Rock County Heartland Express. She also wrote a column for the Hills Crescent. For the past four years, she has been on kidney dialysis three times a week. She was admitted to Sioux Valley Hospital on July 25.Mrs. Bush was a longtime member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. She was the first woman in Bethlehem Lutheran Church to hold the office of president of the congregation. She was active playing bingo, sewing, cooking, and following her family and grandchildren’s school and church activities. Survivors include her husband, Berdell "Bud" Bush; 11 children, James Bush, Minneapolis, Barbara (Florian) Bullerman, Adrian, Camilla (Rodney) Verhey, Thomas (Sandy) Bush, Annette (Keith) Elbers, all of Hills, Mary (Harvey) Metzger, Larchwood, Iowa, Maureen (Gary) Helgeson, Beaver Creek, Bradley (Jill) Bush, Winsted, Connie (Robert L.) Butcher, Holstein, Iowa, Coleen (Kevin) Martens, Steen, and Melinda (Kent) Liesinger, Hartford, S.D., 26 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Lola Jensen, Hills.Mrs. Bush was preceded in death by her parents, five sisters, one brother and one son-in-law. Roste Funeral Home, Hills, was in charge of arrangements.