Ted L. Bush

Job Title(s)

Spinner

Dates of Employment

c. 1945-1951, 1955

Last Name  Bush 
First Name  Ted 
Middle Initial  Lee 
Born  1 Aug 1928 in Dallas, Oregon 
Home Addresses (Salem)  448 S 16th 

5280 Hayesville 

Died  22 Feb 2001  
Place Buried  Restlawn Memory Gardens in West Salem, Oregon 
Spouse  Molly Ann Holoboff 
Date of Marriage  June 1956 
Children  Brenda Bush Young (1962-1998) 
Dates of Employment  1945-1951 and 1955  
Job(s)  Spinner 
Story  Ted L. Bush worked as a spinner at TKWM from 1945 through 1951, then again in 1955.  

Ted Lee Bush was born Curtis L. Bush on 1 August 1928, to Cecil M. and Cynthia M. (Yost) Bush. His parents separated before his first birthday. Ted and his mother lived with her parents, Aaron and Alice Yost, in Lewisville, Oregon. Cecil moved back to his parents’ home in Pedee, about 20 miles away.  

Cecil and Cynthia divorced in 1935. In the 1940 census record, Ted – listed as Curtis Yost – still lived with the Yost family. The census taker recorded the surname Yost, likely assuming it matched the household. Ted was in school, and Cynthia managed a gas station.  

By 1949, he had adopted the name Ted, as shown in Salem city directories, when he began work as a spinner at the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill (TKWM). The 1950 census listed him as Ted Lee Bush, single, working at TKWM, and supporting his mother, grandmother, and aunt at 448 S. 16th St. in Salem. His father Cecil had remarried and lived in Port Orford.  

Ted briefly left TKWM in 1953 and 1954 to work at Rosebraugh Company, a metal products manufacturer in Salem. He returned to TKWM briefly in 1955 but later rejoined Rosebraugh, where he remained for many years.  

In the summer of 1956, at age 27, Ted married 21-year-old Canadian immigrant Molly Ann Holoboff. They bought a home at 5280 Hayesville Dr. where they lived for many years. Molly began the process for U.S. citizenship shortly after their wedding. Their daughter, Brenda Ann, was born on 14 November 1962.  

Ted’s mother Cynthia never remarried and died on 3 October 1970. Birth father Cecil also died in 1970; his obituary listed his second wife and son but made no mention of Ted.  

Ted retired in 1985 from his final job as weighmaster for Cascade Steel in McMinnville. He died on 22 February 2001, at age 72. He is interred at Restlawn Memory Gardens in West Salem alongside Molly, who died in 2014 at age 80. 

References 
Census   1930  Curtis L. Bush. Age: 1. Birth: abt 1929 in Oregon. Single, grandson of HOH. Residence: Monmouth RFD 1, Lewisville, Polk County, Oregon. Household members: Aaron H. Yost, age 57 (HOH, no occupation), Alice Yost, age 57 (wife of HOH, retail grocer), Cynthia M. Bush, age 19 (daughter to HOH, no occupation), Grover L. Yost, age 12 (son to HOH), Curtis L. Bush, age 1 (grandson to HOH).  

1940  Curtis Yost. Age: 11. Birth: abt 1929 in Oregon. Single, grandson of HOH. Residence: Lewisville, Oregon. 4th grade. Household members: Alice Yost, age 70 (HOH, grandmother, no occupation), Cynthia Yost, age 28 (mother, gas station manager), Curtis Yost, age 11 (son).  

1950  Ted Lee Bush. Age: 21. Birth: abt 1929 in Oregon. Single, son of HOH. Residence: 448 South 16th St. Salem, Oregon. Occupation: Spinner, Woolen Mill. Worked 40 hours last week. Not a veteran. Household members: Cynthia M. Bush, age 37 (HOH, mother), Ted Lee Bush, age 21 (son), Alice Yost, age 82 (grandmother), Elizabeth Maxfield, age 64 (aunt). 

Salem City Directories   1945  Ted L. Bush r 448 s 16th spinner TKWM 

1947  Ted Bush r 448 s 16th   

1949  Ted L. Bush r 448 s 16th spinner TKWM 

1951  Ted L. Bush r 448 s 16th spinner TKWM 

1953/54  Theo L. Bush r 448 s 16th molder Rosebraugh Co 

1955  Ted L. Bush r 448 s 16th spinner TKWM 

1956  Theo L. Bush r 448 s 16th laborer Rosebraugh Co 

1957  Ted Bush (Molly A) r 5280 Haysville Dr  foundry worker Rosebraugh Co 

1958 thru 1970  Ted Bush (Molly A) r 5280 Haysville Dr  foundry worker Rosebraugh Co 

1975  Ted L. Bush h 5002 Hayesville Dr NE. 

1985  Ted L. Bush and Molly A; steel wkr h 5012 Hayesville Dr NE 

Find-a-Grave  Ted Lee Bush. Birth: 1 Aug 1928. Death: 22 Feb 2001 (aged 72). Burial: Restlawn Memory Gardens, West Salem, Polk County, Oregon. Plot: Outdoor Mausoleum. Memorial ID: 57939311  

Molly Ann Bush. Birth: 25 Aug 1934. Death: 3 Sep 2014 (aged 80). Burial: Restlawn Memory Gardens, West Salem, Polk County, Oregon. Memorial ID: 137678104  

Newspapers   The World (Coos Bay, OR) 17 Sep 1953, p. 2 – Birth certificate issued to Letha Marie Bush and Cecil M Bush. (no other details)  

Oregon Daily Journal 29 May 1956, p. 17 – Vancouver Marriage Licenses. Ted Lee Bush, 27, and Molly Ann Holoboff, 21, both of Salem.   

Capital Journal 14 Nov 1962, p. 5 – A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bush of 5003 Hayesville Dr NE on 14 Nov 1962.  

Statesman Journal 15 Oct 1985, p. 32 – Brenda Ann Bush and Calvin Eugene Young Jr. both of Salem announced their engagement. Brenda is the daughter of Ted L. and Molly A. Bush of Salem.    

Statesman Journal 20 Feb 1985, p. 12 – Marriage license issued to Calvin Eugene Young Jr, 24, Wholesale tire manager and Brenda Ann Bush, 23, of 605 Rockwood St SE, meat packer.  

Statesman Journal 2 Feb 1979, p. 28 – Thomas J. Young and Brenda A. Young granted a divorce.    

Oregonian 25 Oct 1998, p. 102 – Brenda S Bush Young obituary. Died 23 Oct 1998 at age 43.    

Statesman Journal 18 Apr 1970, p. 12 – Cecil Bush obituary. Died at age 62 on 16 Apr 1970 at home in Port Orford of apparent heart attack.  Born and raised in Pedee but moved to Port Orford many years ago.  Survivors: widow Letha and son (Dennis) Lee of Portland. Burial at Masonic Cemetery at Port Orford.    

Statesman Journal 4 Oct 1970, p. 7 – Cynthia Madge Bush obituary.  Age 59 of 448 16th St SE died 3 Oct 1970 at a Salem hospital.  Born at Black Rock near Valsetz in Polk County, she later lived in Lewisville area south of Dallas prior to moving to Salem in 1940. She was a nurse’s aide at ORH. Survivors: son Ted Bush of Salem, Sisters Edna Aldrich and Hazel Russell, brother Grover Yost and one grandchild.    

Statesman Journal 20 Apr 1985, p. 25 – Auto accident. Mark Robert Anderson, 20, of Salem hit a utility trailer being towed by Ted Lee Bush, 56, of 5012 Hayesville Dr NE.  

Statesman Journal 23 Feb 2001, p. 23 – Ted Lee Bush obituary. Died at age 72 of cancer on 22 Feb 2001.  Born and raised in Dallas.  Moved to Salem as a teen.  Retired as a weighmaster for Cascade Steel in McMinnville in 1985.  Survivors: wife Molly Ann who he married in 1956 and daughter Brenda Young of Sheridan. Burial at Restlawn Mausoleum.   

Public Records   Oregon Marriage Record. 2 Dec 1927. Cynthia Yost, 18, of Lewisville married Cecil M. Bush, 21, a farmer from Pedee. First marriage for both.    

Oregon Divorce Record. 9 Jan 1935. Cynthia M. Busch of Polk Co, divorced Cecil Busch of Benton Co., in Benton Co. Plaintiff, Husband. Desertion. Case was not contested. One child.  

WW2 Draft Card. Ted Lee Bush, 18 born 1 Aug 1928 in Dallas, OR.  448 S 16th St, Salem, OR.  NOK: Mrs. Cynthia Bush, same address.  No employer noted. Physical description: 5’9”, 237 lbs., Blue Eyes, Black Hair, Dark Complexion. Registration Date: 2 Aug 1946.  

1956 US Naturalization Records. Petition filed in Marion County on 17 Dec 1956 for naturalization of Molly Ann Bush.   

WHC Materials  M3 1966-001               Mill Records 

M3 1977-002               Newspaper article (Your Town, 24 Jan 1947) 

M3 2004-008-0016     Exhibit photo