John Robert "Bob" Bush

August 18, 1948 - July 6, 2016

John Robert “Bob” Bush, 67, died Wednesday, July 6, 2016 in Pratt, Kansas. He was born August 18, 1948 in Alva, Oklahoma, the son of Duane Donald and Marian Ruth (Grossardt) Bush. On June 5, 1971 he married Molly Jill (Roberts) in Pratt. She survives. Bob moved to the Isabel area as a young child and lived and farmed in Pratt County nearly all his life. He graduated from Fort Hays Kansas State College in 1972 and spent 9 years in Leoti, KS, teaching science and PE and coaching football, basketball, and track. He was a member of Isabel United Methodist Church until it closed and his membership was transferred to First United Methodist Church in Pratt. He loved sports of all kinds and was a diehard Kansas City Royals fan. He spent 44 years as a referee for basketball and football all over Kansas, serving as a league commissioner for basketball and mentoring many new officials. He served multiple terms on the Cairo Co-op Board of Directors, including as president, and a term on the Pratt County Farm Bureau Association Board of Directors. He is survived by his wife, Molly Jill Bush of Pratt; daughter, Rebecca Elizabeth Bush of Columbus, Georgia; 3 sisters, Margaret Kay Dyer of Garden City, KS, Virginia (Mike) Ann Schuster of Ellis, KS and Teresa Jane Dill of Pratt; 13 nephews and 1 niece. He was preceded in death by his parents. Bob donated his body to the University of Kansas Medical Center for Research. Memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at Larrison Mortuary, 300 Country Club Road, Pratt, KS with John Hamm presiding. Memorials may be made to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation or Officials Against Cancer in care of the mortuary.