Nancy Walker Bush Ellis

Nancy Walker Bush Ellis (February 4, 1926 – January 10, 2021) was an American environmentalist and political campaigner. Bush Ellis was born in Milton, Massachusetts.

She was the only sister of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and aunt of both former President George W. Bush and the former governor of Florida John Ellis "Jeb" Bush.

Although she had been a liberal Democrat and an environmentalist.[1] She joined the Republican Party in 1988 when her brother ran for president.[2]

Ellis was hospitalized on December 30, 2020 from COVID-19 in Concord, Massachusetts. She died on January 10, 2021 at an assisted living facility from the infection, aged 94.[3]

References

  1. Pact Board of Directors biographies Archived 2007-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, accessed July 15, 2008
  2. Kitty Kelley, The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, Random House, 2004. ISBN 0-385-50324-5
  3. Seelye, Katharine Q. (January 10, 2021). "Nancy Bush Ellis, Sister and Aunt of Presidents, Dies at 94". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 10, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.