Obituaries
4-year-old Dies from Brain Cancer
Landen Rush, a 4-year-old who had brain cancer, will be buried in Sunset Cemetery in Pacific.
Landen Rush, 4, died Friday, June 29. Some and residents knew of his fight against Stage 4 brain cancer. The type of brain cancer he had, anaplastic medulloblastoma, grows extremely quickly and predominately is found in boys 2 to 9 years old.
He was the son of Deon Rush and Phillip Rogers; grandson of Toni and Richard "Pawpaw" Shaeerin and the late Rusty Rush; great-grandson of Melba "Gigi" Hendrix; nephew of Kailee Rush, Matthew Fendler, J.D. Fendler and Tommy Thomas; and cousin to Lyric Fendler.
Visitation is Saturday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Schrader Funeral Home and Crematory's Family Center, 14960 Manchester Road at Holloway in Ballwin.
A funeral service will be held at Schrader on Sunday at 10 a.m. Interment will be in Sunset Cemetery in Pacific.
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In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Friends may sign the family's online guestbook.
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