Husband John Wilbur Lusher
AKA: John William Lusher
Born: 1861 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA
Christened:
Died: 31 Oct 1941 - Erie, Erie Co, PA
Buried: - Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie Co, PA
Father: Jonathan Philip Lusher (1828-1898)
Mother: Sarah A. Smith (1836-1913) 1
Marriage:
• Business: : Ione, Weld Co, CO. The building on the left was once the filling station owned by John W. Lusher. It was once closer to the road, but the building was moved when the road was made a four-lane divided highway.
• Burial: : Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie Co, PA.
Wife Mary Ella (Ellen?) Harrison
AKA: Mary Ellen Harrison
Born: Abt 1862
Christened:
Died: 27 May 1928 - Ione, Weld Co, CO
Buried: - Hillside Cemetery, Fort Lupton, Weld Co, CO
Father: Joseph Lee Harrison ( - )
Mother: Louisa Jane [Unk] ( - )
• Burial: : Hillside Cemetery, Fort Lupton, Weld Co, CO. There is no marker for her in the cemetery, she lies in the unmarked space shown here.
Children
1 M Charles Guston Lusher
Born: 21 Oct 1882 - Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA
Christened:
Died: 8 Jun 1969 - Crescent City, Del Norte Co, CA
Buried: - Evergreen Memorial Park, Riverside, Riverside Co, CA
Spouse: Ruby Taft (1881-1967)
2 M Clark Wade Lusher
Born: 13 Feb 1887 - West Hickory, Harmony Twp, Forest Co, PA
Christened:
Died: 2 Feb 1968 - Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ
Buried: - Resthaven Park Cemetery, Glendale, Maricopa Co, AZ
Spouse: Edna D. [Unk] (1888-1976)
3 F Laveda Lusher
Born: Abt 1891
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: [Unk] Adams ( - )
4 F Maybelle Ella Lusher
Born: 9 Jan 1896 - East Hickory, Forest Co, PA
Christened:
Died: 19 Feb 1994 - Joshua Tree, San Bernardino Co, CA
Buried: - Mountain Valley Memorial Park, Joshua Tree, San Bernardino Co, CA
Spouse: Dwight Johnston (1894-1957)
General Notes: Husband - John Wilbur Lusher
Venango Citizen-Press, Franklin, PA
Nov 5, 1941; pg 3, col 2
COUNTY NATIVE KILLED IN ERIE
John W. Lusher, 84, Dies in Hospital Four Hours After He is Struck by Auto
Four hours after he was struck by an automobile on an Erie Street, John W. Lusher, 84, of Erie, a native of Rockland Township, Venango County, and a brother of two Oil City women, died in Hamet Hospital, at 7:25 Friday night.
Ralph Shaner, 45, driver of the car, was released pending an investigation. The accident occurred at the intersection of Sixth and French Streets at 3:15 while Mr. Lusher was crossing.
Mr. Lusher was born in Rockland Township and spent his early life in that district. He was a former well-known oil operator and had leases in Venango and Forest Counties. In middle age he went to the western oil fields and remained there for some years, returning east to make his home in Erie 15 years ago.
His death was due to a head injury and shock.
Surviving are two sons, Clark Lusher, of Oklahoma, and Charles, of Calfornia; two daughters, Mrs. Laveea Adams, Youngstown, O., and Mabel Lusher, address unknown; four sisters, Mrs. J.W. Noble, Erie; Mrs. Myrtle B. Payne, and Mrs. Alice Noel, Oil City, and Mrs. Harriet Beckett, Youngstown, O.; and one brother, Howard Lusher, of Tionesta.
The Erie Daily Times, Erie, PA
Nov 1, 1941; pg 3
ERIE MAN, 84, KILLED BY AUTO; 20TH VICTIM
JOHN W. LUSHER WALKS IN PATH OF CAR FRIDAY
Former Wealthy Oil Lease Operator is Victim
John Wilbur Lusher, eighty-four, 111 E. 7th st., one-time wealthy oil lease operator and driller, died in Hamot hospital at 7:25 p. m. Friday, four hours after he was struck by an auto at 6th and French sts.
The aged man, who acquired a small fortune in the Pennsylvania oil fields and then lost much of it in the west, was struck by an auto driven by Ralph Shaner, forty-five, 2063 Buffalo rd., as he crossed 6th st. from north to south.
Walked in Path of Car
The accident occurred at 3:15 p. m. Shaner said he had just rounded South park row and was proceeding east into 6th st. when Lusher walked in front of his car.
Because he was turning, Shaner said he was not traveling faster than five miles per hour. He said the aged man fell in his tracks. His only injury appeared to be on the back of the head, suffered when he struck the pavement.
Deputy Coroner Charles Leone said death was the result of the head injury and shock.
20th Death of Year
Shane told police that he has been driving for 25 years and that he had never so much as scratched a fender previously. Lusher's death brought the city's 1941 traffic fatality toll to an even 20.
He was born in Rockland township, Venango county. He acquired oil leases and for many years was an oil well driller in the vicinity of Tidioute, Hickory and that section of the state. Later he went west, suffered some reverses financially, and returned east. About 15 years ago he came to Erie. For a time he worked with the late Vernon Reed, Millcreek township, as a driller.
Received Pension
In recent years Mr. Lusher was retired. He occupied one room at the E. 7th st. address and did his own cooking on a hot plate. His income was an old age pension.
Lusher's lone hobby was hunting. Considerable hunting equipment was found in his room.
He is survived by four sisters, Mrs. J. W. Noble, 426 E. 12th st.; Mrs. Myrtle Payne, Oil City; Mrs. Alice Noel, Oil City, and Mrs. Harriett Beckett, Youngstown; a brother, Howard Lusher, Tionesta, Pa.; two sons, Clark Lusher, residing in Oklahoma, and Charles, who lives in California; two daughters, Mrs. Laveda Adams, Youngstown, and Mabel Lusher, whose address was not available.
Funeral services will be held in the Brugger funeral home at a time to be announced.
The Erie Daily Times, Erie, PA
Nov 1, 1941, pg 1, col 2
LUSHER-Friday, October 31, 1941. John Lusher, of 111 East 7th st., age 84 years, brother of Mrs. J. W. Noble, of Erie, Mrs. Myrtle Payne, of Oil City, Pa., Mrs. Harriet Beckett, of Youngstown, Ohio and Howard Lusher of Tionesta, Pa. Funeral service at the Brugger Funeral Home, 449 East 9th st., at a time to be announced later.
The Erie Daily Times, Erie, PA
Nov 3, 1941
JOHN WILBUR LUSHER
Funeral services for John Wilbur Lusher, eighty-four, 111 E. 7th st., who died Friday in Hamot hospital after being struck by an automobile, will be held in the Brugger funeral home at 2 p. m. Tuesday. The Rev. Clifford Joshua will officiate and interment will be in the family lot in Erie cemetery.
Lusher, one-time wealthy oil lease operator and driller, was struck at 6th and French sts. Friday afternoon and died of injuries four hours later in Hamot hospital. He was the city's 20th traffic fatality of 1941.
General Notes: Wife - Mary Ella (Ellen?) Harrison
Chanute Tribune, Chanute, KS
July 9, 1928; pg 1
MRS. J. LUSHER PASSES
Former Chanute Woman Dies in Ione, Colorado
Word was received here Saturday, by friends, of the death of Mrs. J. Lusher of Ione, Colorado, on May 27, at her home. She formerly lived at 629 South Lincoln, this city. The cause of her death was not stated, but it came as a shock to her family.
Mr. and Mrs. Lusher lived in Chanute for many years, leaving here three years ago. Mr. Lusher was in the oil business and owned several leases east of town. Their daughter, Mrs. Dwight Johnson, known here as Miss Maybelle Lusher, was a comptometer operator at the Santa Fe offices. One of their sons, Clark Lusher, and wife, was also living here on South Plummer at that time. Mr. and Mrs. Lusher, with their family, left here and went to Fort Lupton, Colorado, where they resided for some time after which they moved to Ione. Mr. Lusher owns and operates a filling station and grocery store there. Burial was in Ione.