Margaret Ann C. Bush

A Celebration of Life for Margaret Ann Carroll Bush (Marge), 91, will be held on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, from 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N Northwest Hwy, Palatine, Illinois. Viewing and Burial will be at Zabor Funeral Home at 5680 Pearl Road, Parma, Ohio at 11:00 AM on Friday, June 5, 2026. She will be buried between her husband, Dave and brother, Chuck at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brook Park, Ohio.

Marge died early morning Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Hoffman Estates at the Ascension Saint Alexius Medical Center. She was born November 21, 1934, at St. Ann’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, to Donald Francis Carroll (originally Francis Donald) and Sarah Lucille Farrell (Sally), and baptized December 8 at St. Jerome Church. She was named for her mother’s grandmother Margaret Hogan and her father’s mother Margaret McLaughlin Carroll. She grew up on the east side of Cleveland on 147th Street, with three younger brothers, Chuck, Pat and Donny, and was a graduate of the Ursuline Academy in 1953. Her family moved to Parma in 1955. She worked in the payroll department at Union Carbide in Parma and joined a bowling team where she met her future husband, Dave.

She married Dave on October 18, 1958, at St Bridget’s Church in Parma. They had two sons, Phil and Mike, and then moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1964. In 1972, they moved to Palatine, Illinois, where they lived the rest of their lives.

Marge was a homemaker until her boys were older then owned a sewing and craft business, Needlework Plus, in Barrington, for a number of years. She enjoyed needlework, painting, knitting, counted cross stitch, genealogy research, Macintosh computers, Brigid’s Cross (Cleveland Irish band) and visiting Ireland.

Marge was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Harry David Bush (Dave) in 2018; parents, Donald Francis and Sally (Farrell) Carroll; brothers, Charles William Carroll (Lynda), Patrick Vincent Carroll, and Donald Francis Carroll, Jr.; parents-in-laws, Harry Oswald and Eva Louise (Ogilvie) Bush; sister-in-law, Gloria Jane; and brother-in-law, Robert Bouman; and niece, Roberta Andrs (Rick).

She leaves behind two sons, David Philip Bush (Tawn) and Donald Michael Bush (Jayne); grandchildren, Michael Sean Bush (Shawna), Shannon Kathleen Michal (Jeff), Rachel Elizabeth Bush (Phillip), Philip Daniel Bush and John Ryan Bush; great-grandchildren, Lillian Ashley Michal, Ella Madison Bush and William Miguel Hernandez; nieces and nephews, Chris Carroll, Kim Carroll, in-law Rick Andrs, Becky Corridan (JC), and Fred Bouman (Kathy).

In lieu of flowers, please make a gift in Marge Bush’s name to the Alzheimer’s Association at https://Alzheimer's Association