Former President George H.W. Bush Hospitalized 1 Day After Wife Barbara Bush's Funeral Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston with an infection, just after attending the funeral of his wife, Barbara, a spokesman said Monday. Jim McGrath said on Twitter that the 93-year-old Bush is “responding to treatments and appears to be recovering.” He was admitted Sunday morning to Houston Methodist Hospital after an infection spread to his blood, McGrath said. Barbara Bush was laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony attended by her husband and former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and their wives, along with current first lady Melania Trump. WATCH: Barbara Bush: Looking Back At Her & George's Love Story The elder Bush uses a wheelchair and an electric scooter for mobility after developing a former of Parkinson’s disease, and he has needed hospital treatment several times in recent years for respiratory problems. A year ago this month, Bus..