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RUSK, Edna Elizabeth Campbell

Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, July 24, 1965

WAYNETOWN – Mrs. Edna Elizabeth Rusk, 88, died at 7:20 p.m. Friday at the Bowles Nursing Home in Crawfordsville. She had been ill since May 30 and had been a patient at the nursing home three weeks after being in Culver Hospital five weeks. She was born Jan. 1, 1887, near Hillsboro to Albert and Elizabeth Burgner Campbell. She married David Rusk Oct. 30, 1898. She was a member of Snyder’s Chapel Church and attended the Waynetown Methodist Church after the former’s disbandment. She was educated in Fountain County schools. Survivors include her husband; a son, Clarence of Rt. 2 Waynetown; two daughters, Mrs. Marguerite Gohl of Waupaza, Wis., and Miss Helen Rusk of South Bend; a brother, Frank of Attica; a grandson, Kenneth of Rt. 2 Waynetown and three great-grandsons. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Servies Funeral Home in Waynetown. Rev. John Servies will officiate. Burial will be in the Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10:30 a.m. Sunday.   -– jlr



Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1960 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. Year 1965

WAYNETOWN —  Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Elizabeth Rusk, age 88, who died at 7:20 p.m. Friday, July 23, at the Bowles Nursing Home in Crawfordsville, were held at 10:30 a. m. Monday at the Servies Funeral Home here. The Rev. John Servies officiated and burial was in the Waynetown Masonic Cemetery.
Mrs. Rusk had been ill since May 30 and a patient at the nursing home three Weeks after being hospitalized at Culver Hospital, Crawfordsville, for five weeks.  She was born Jan. 1, 1887, near Hillsboro, to Albert and Elizabeth Burgner Campbell.  She married David Rusk Oct. 30, 1898.
She was a member of Snyder's Chapel Church and attended the Waynetown Methodist Church after its disbandment.  She was educated in the Fountain County schools.
Surviving, in addition to her husband, are: one son, Clarence of Waynetown Rt. 2, two daughters, Mrs. Marguerite Gohl of Waupaza, Wis., and Miss Helen Rusk of South Bend; one brother, Frank of Attica; one grandson, Kenneth of Waynetown Rt.
2, and three great-grandsons.

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