ADAMS CENTER — Elinor J. Bush, 80, of 16972 Michaels Road, died Tuesday at Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown.

Mrs. Bush worked at Northland Electric and Bomax, both in Watertown, for several years before retiring.

Born Dec. 31, 1927, in the town of Lisbon, she was a daughter of William and Mabel Sackett Spearance. She married Albert C. Lawrence in March 1946 at Adams Center. The couple lived at Green Settlement. Mr. Lawrence died Sept. 8, 1991.

She married Robert C. Bush on Sept. 11, 1996, in Watertown. The couple lived in the LaFargeville area. Mr. Bush died Oct. 20, 1996. Mrs. Bush moved to the home of her daughter Jane M. Nemier in October 2006.

Surviving besides her daughter are two sons and a daughter-in-law, David M. and Bonnie Lawrence, Adams Center, and Robert J. Lawrence, Watertown; two other daughters, Elizabeth M. Markanich, Antwerp, and Mabel A. Woodard, Theresa; three brothers, John Spearance, Sandy Creek, Earl Spearance, Toms River, N.J., and Donald Spearance, Altmar; three sisters, Genevieve Killenbeck, Pierrepont Manor, Dorothy Herse, New Hampshire, and Mabel Ryan, LaFargeville; 15 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Two sons died before her, Timothy J. Lawrence on March 13, 1995, and Richard in 1948. A daughter, Cynthia L. Fish Eveleigh, died July 8, 2004. Three brothers, Lawrence, P. Edward and Harvey Spearance, and a sister, Cora E. Brown, also died before her.

A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Union Cemetery.

Arrangements are with Piddock Funeral Home, Adams.