Helen Fay Rush

She is survived by her husband, Bobby Rush, and her four daughters, Tammy Ward (James Lax), Pamela Blair (Kent Beightler), Carla Rush, and Karen Wright (Collin Wright). She was blessed with six Grandchildren, Bobby (Lauren) Ward, Amanda (Nathaniel) Seevers, Dana (Sarah) Blair, CJ Burns, Shannon (Michael) Tyson, and Bryce Rush. She is preceded in death by her loving Mother Delta Gay Barker and siblings Melvin, Nancy, Pete, Denny, and Sue. She is also survived by siblings Ruth, Jerry (Rebecca), Rena (Richard), and Wanda.

She married Bobby Rush, an Air Force Veteran, in 1958 and they have spent the last 63 years together building a life full of travel and laughter. Fay loved the mountains, reading, long walks, and hiking trails in various states and national parks. Spending time with her grandchildren at Old Man’s Cave, telling stories at cabin #9, and walking on trails will remain in their memories forever. Her most cherished pleasures came from enjoying four generations of family, celebrating the lives of her Great-Grandchildren, Grace and Reece Blair, Aiden Ward, Elizabeth Tyson, and precious little ones still yet to arrive.

Visitation will be 6-8 pm Thursday, June 2, 2022 at Schoedinger Grove City, 4242 Hoover Rd., (Hoover Rd at Kingston Ave), Grove City where funeral service will be held Friday 10:00 a.m. Interment Franklin Hills Memory Gardens. Contributions in Fay’s memory may be made to Mount Carmel Hospice via https://donor.mountcarmelfoundation.org/ . Please visit www.dignitymemorial.com to share a special memory or extend condolences.

Fay’s Dogwood

Above grandma’s rose bush and in your beloved tree, I saw a cardinal looking at me.

You just told Dad the angels came to visit you, while Karen on night shift had seen them too.

Although your smile is gone forever and your hand I can no longer touch,

I have so many memories and loved you so much.

A wife, a mother, grandma, and great grandma too,

just look at the legacy we have from you.

You taught us how to love,

how to be strong, how to stick up for each other,

and how to “now go take on the day”

and make sure to laugh a little along the way.

For those of you that do not know my Mom very well, she loved to laugh and had a great sense of humor. We were often told she married my Dad because he was the first man that could make her laugh. Well, she made us laugh a lot too...even in her last few months of life after brain surgery and tumors were altering her brain, she was still making jokes…like “I told your Dad “Fay is gone, this is Helen.” And as recently as Easter while my sisters were cleaning up after dinner and our traditional Easter bunny cake, she was asking, “Why does everyone like my kitchen so much? I wish they liked my bathroom as much. I didn’t realize I had that many dishes.” In hindsight, it may have just been her way of saying the dishes can wait, please just come sit with me.

Mom, you did your best, we’ll figure out the rest.

Life will go on, but will never be the same.

We will tend to your garden, and water your trees.

We will watch for the cardinals you send from above,

and know they are sent from you, Mom, with love.