Ward Harkness Jnr. Bushee b. 22 Feb 1923 Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States of America d. 5 Jun 2002 Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

1923 - 2002 (79 years)

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Name	Ward Harkness Jnr. Bushee
Born	22 Feb 1923	Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States of America [1]
Gender	Male
Occupation	Editor
Died	5 Jun 2002	Santa Cruz, California, United States of America [1]
Notes	“Ward Bushee Jr., a longtime editor who led the Watsonville Register-Pajaronian to a Pulitzer Prize, died June 5, 2002, from melanoma. He was 79. Mr. Bushee was one of the youngest editors of a daily newspaper in the nation when he took over the reins of The Register-Pajaronian in 1951. His leadership in the investigative reporting of a corrupt local district attorney garnered the newspaper a Pulitzer Prize, making it at the time the smallest-circulation newspaper to ever win the esteemed award.” -- http://www.cnpa.com/Bulletin/June17bulletin/index4.html
Person ID	I104	McKay/Bushee Family Tree
Last Modified	10 Jul 2018

Father	Ward Harkness Snr. Bushee, b. 2 Apr 1898, Attleboro/Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States of America , d. 9 Jun 1982, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America (Age 84 years)
Mother	Lotta Belle Jackson, b. 29 Jan 1901, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America , d. 9 Jun 1986, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America (Age 85 years)
Married	11 Mar 1922
Family ID	F6	Group Sheet

Family Regina Gardiner, b. 7 Jun 1922, Clarksville, Maryland, United States of America , d. 16 Apr 2007, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America (Age 84 years)

Married 31 Jan 1948 [2]

Children

	1. Living
	2. Living

Last Modified 10 Jul 2018

Family ID F67 Group Sheet

Headstones
Bushee_Ward_Regina_Grave
Sources
[S26] U.S. Social Security Death Index.

[S142] The Register-Pajaronian.