Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Eugene Simpson Lusher and Viola Rose Lusher




Husband Eugene Simpson Lusher 1




           Born: 15 Apr 1891 - Grove City, Mercer Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Nov 1941 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2


         Father: Andrew Jackson Lusher (1854-1937) 3
         Mother: Caroline Imelda Gilmore (1850-1917) 1


       Marriage: 24 Feb 1916 4



• Additional Image. The person standing is Eugene S. Lusher; the other person is unidentified.


• Burial: : Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA.




Wife Viola Rose Lusher 4




           Born: 20 Jul 1890 - Akron, Summit Co, OH 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 May 1988 - Summit Co, OH
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2


         Father: John Calvin Crum Lusher (1860-1943) 5
         Mother: Minnie Irene Baringer (1861-1944) 4





• Additional Image: Viola Rose Lusher.

• Burial: : Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA.


Children

• They had no children.


General Notes: Husband - Eugene Simpson Lusher


Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA
Dec 1, 1941
LUSHER-On Sat., Nov. 29, 1941, at the Braddock General Hospital, Eugene, of 7538 Melrose St., Swissvale, husband of Viola Lusher. Friends received at the Elkin Mortuary, 4th St., N. Braddock, until Monday noon. Services and burial at Rockland, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 2 p. m.

Venango Citizen-Press, Franklin, PA
Dec 3, 1941; pg 5, col 7
Eugene S. Lusher.
Eugene S. Lusher, 50, of Swissvale, died in a Pittsburgh hospital at 6 p. m. Saturday, following a short illness, according to word received by relatives at Rockland.
Mr. Lusher was born near Grove City.
He is survived by his wife, the former Viola Rose Lusher, of Rockland, and one sister, Mrs. Laura Perrine, of Grove City.
Funeral services were conducted at the home of his father-in-law, J. C. C. Lusher, at Davis Corners, at 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. The Rev. W. R. Ross of the Rockland Methodist Church, officiated. Interment was in the Rockland Cemetery.

The News-Herald, Franklin, PA
Dec 4, 1941; pg 14, col 7
ROCKLAND.
By MRS. RUTH CANFIELD.
Friends were shocked to learn of the death of Eugene S. Lusher, which occurred in a Pittsburgh hospital, at 6 o'clock Saturday evening. Mr. Lusher had been in poor health during the summer, but had been able to return to his work at the Mesta Machine Tool Co. about six weeks ago. He was taken suddenly ill and developed pneumonia. His body was brought to the home of J. C. Lusher in Rockland, where funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, by the Rev. W. R. Ross, pastor of the Rockland Methodist Church, Mr. Lusher is survived by his wife and one sister, Mrs. Laura Perrine, of Grove City. Interment was made in the Rockland Cemetery.


General Notes: Wife - Viola Rose Lusher


The News-Herald, Franklin, PA
May 13, 1988; pg 20
The Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, OH
May 13, 1988; pg D8
Viola R. Lusher
MOGADORE - Viola R. Lusher, 97, died May 12 at the Summit County Nursing Home after a long illness.
She was born in Akron, was formerly of Rockland, Pa., and returned to the Akron-Mogadore area in 1944. Mrs. Lusher was a member of the Mogadore Christian Church and their Bethany Class.
She is survived by niece and nephew, Roy C. Reeser Jr. of Redington Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Doris Skye of Mogadore; and other nieces and nephews.
Funeral services Saturday, 3 p.m., at the Hopkins Lawver, MOGADORE, Funeral Home, 34 S. Cleveland Ave., Rev. Eugene Higgins officiating. Burial Rockland Cemetery, Pa. Friends may call at the funeral home, 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday. The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society; or the Children's Hospital Oncology Department. (Hopkins Lawver, Mogadore, 733-6271.)

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Sources


1 James Lincoln Lusher, Lusher Family Tree (Self-published, cir. 1942), Pg 5.

2 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 112.

3 James Lincoln Lusher, Lusher Family Tree (Self-published, cir. 1942), Pg 4.

4 James Lincoln Lusher, Lusher Family Tree (Self-published, cir. 1942), Pg 8.

5 James Lincoln Lusher, Lusher Family Tree (Self-published, cir. 1942), Pg 7.


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