REBECCA STRINGHAM BUSHMAN

Dr. Rebecca Stringham Bushman, 67, of Prescott Valley, Arizona, died at home from cancer on January 10, 2024. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to the late George William Stringham and Zotha Jean Wilson Stringham. A woman of great faith, Becky served the Lord in many ways, including in callings for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many of her callings at church involved her talent for music, singing in the Arizona Mormon Choir for many years and playing the piano and organ in her congregation. She relied on her relationship with the Savior and was always determined to follow any inspiration she received from God. God and family were the most important things to her. She and her husband Nephi were married in the Mesa Arizona Temple in 1980, and they demonstrated great loyalty, determination, and love as they raised their family of seven children together. Travel, exploration, and admiration of the natural world were always part of her life, whether joining her husband's archeological expeditions in Israel, serving a mission for her church to Samoa, visiting National Parks, hiking Havasupai, or relishing food from all over the world. She loved to practice new languages and was most recently studying Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Becky's brilliant and curious mind was always at work. She studied music (cello) on scholarship at Northern Arizona University then transferred to study at Brigham Young University. After raising their children, she earned her bachelor's degree at Arizona State University and a medical degree from Midwestern University, completing her residency in Kingman, Arizona. Her family and community have all benefited from her drive to constantly learn and investigate the world around her, magnified by her wonder and love for God's creations. In order to give more attention and individual time to her patients, she opened a private medical practice, Healthsong Direct Primary Care. As a physician, she loved healing and solving the puzzles of the human body in a hands-on, integrative way and had heartfelt compassion for her patients. She is survived by her beloved husband of 44 years, Nephi Wallace Bushman II, and her children: Bethany Jensen (Colin), Phoebe Hemingway (Jonathan), Abigail Winston (Adam), Emily Taylor (Alan), Eliza Manwaring (Derek), Ruth Ballard (David), and Nephi Bushman III (Debora). Her 19 grandchildren: Degen, Margaret, Heidi, Kyrie, Elise, Sterling, Vienna, Rebecca, John, Elizabeth, Blythe, Daniel, Ethan, Robin, James, Benjamin, Eva, Carly, and Hannah. She is also survived by her eight siblings: William Stringham, Caite Bellavia, David Stringham, Richard Stringham, Matthew Stringham, Steven Stringham, Jennifer Grover, Susan Johnson, and Varah Beyal (loved foster sister) She is preceded in death by their stillborn son, Earl Chariton. Following a viewing at 8:30am, her funeral will be held at 10am on Friday, January 19, 2024, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 7073 Pronghorn Ranch Pkwy, Prescott Valley, AZ. A graveside service will be held at noon on Saturday, January 20, at the Snowflake Cemetery. Friends and family are invited to join in remembering and celebrating Becky's life. Arrangements entrusted to Sunrise Funeral Home in Prescott Valley, Arizona.

REBECCA STRINGHAM BUSHMAN

March 17, 1956 - January 10, 2024