Interment services will be held at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon at St. John's in the Wilderness for Rev. William Brown Lusk, who died January 13 at Olean.
Rev. Lusk was born on July 23, 1871 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, the son of James Wallace and Jane Brown Lusk. He was a graduate of Queens College, Belfast, and came to this country in 1894 to attend Princeton Theological Seminary. After his graduation in 1897 he was in charge of various Presbyterian Churches in northern New York State.
In 1907 he was ordained to the ministry in the Episcopal Church and served successively as assistant minister of St. Mary's Church, Tuxedo Park, and of the Chapel of the Incarnation, New York City, before becoming rector of St. Luke's Church, Saranac Lake.
He became rector of St. Stephen's Church, Ridgefield, CT in 1915 where he served for 35 years.
During World War I Mr. Lusk served in France with the Young Men's Christian Association.
Rev. Lusk is survived by his widow, the former Edna Bright, two daughters, and by two brothers and two sisters living in Northern Ireland.
The last time Rev. Lusk preached at St. Luke's Church was at the 60th anniversary of the church on July 30, 1939. He had a camp on St. Regis and was a summer visitor there for a number of years.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Friday, May 15, 1953
Above information courtesy of contributor
silentarcher99 # 46997660
Rev. Lusk was born on July 23, 1871 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, the son of James Wallace and Jane Brown Lusk. He was a graduate of Queens College, Belfast, and came to this country in 1894 to attend Princeton Theological Seminary. After his graduation in 1897 he was in charge of various Presbyterian Churches in northern New York State.
In 1907 he was ordained to the ministry in the Episcopal Church and served successively as assistant minister of St. Mary's Church, Tuxedo Park, and of the Chapel of the Incarnation, New York City, before becoming rector of St. Luke's Church, Saranac Lake.
He became rector of St. Stephen's Church, Ridgefield, CT in 1915 where he served for 35 years.
During World War I Mr. Lusk served in France with the Young Men's Christian Association.
Rev. Lusk is survived by his widow, the former Edna Bright, two daughters, and by two brothers and two sisters living in Northern Ireland.
The last time Rev. Lusk preached at St. Luke's Church was at the 60th anniversary of the church on July 30, 1939. He had a camp on St. Regis and was a summer visitor there for a number of years.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Friday, May 15, 1953
Above information courtesy of contributor
silentarcher99 # 46997660
Interment services will be held at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon at St. John's in the Wilderness for Rev. William Brown Lusk, who died January 13 at Olean.
Rev. Lusk was born on July 23, 1871 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, the son of James Wallace and Jane Brown Lusk. He was a graduate of Queens College, Belfast, and came to this country in 1894 to attend Princeton Theological Seminary. After his graduation in 1897 he was in charge of various Presbyterian Churches in northern New York State.
In 1907 he was ordained to the ministry in the Episcopal Church and served successively as assistant minister of St. Mary's Church, Tuxedo Park, and of the Chapel of the Incarnation, New York City, before becoming rector of St. Luke's Church, Saranac Lake.
He became rector of St. Stephen's Church, Ridgefield, CT in 1915 where he served for 35 years.
During World War I Mr. Lusk served in France with the Young Men's Christian Association.
Rev. Lusk is survived by his widow, the former Edna Bright, two daughters, and by two brothers and two sisters living in Northern Ireland.
The last time Rev. Lusk preached at St. Luke's Church was at the 60th anniversary of the church on July 30, 1939. He had a camp on St. Regis and was a summer visitor there for a number of years.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Friday, May 15, 1953
Above information courtesy of contributor
silentarcher99 # 46997660
Rev. Lusk was born on July 23, 1871 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, the son of James Wallace and Jane Brown Lusk. He was a graduate of Queens College, Belfast, and came to this country in 1894 to attend Princeton Theological Seminary. After his graduation in 1897 he was in charge of various Presbyterian Churches in northern New York State.
In 1907 he was ordained to the ministry in the Episcopal Church and served successively as assistant minister of St. Mary's Church, Tuxedo Park, and of the Chapel of the Incarnation, New York City, before becoming rector of St. Luke's Church, Saranac Lake.
He became rector of St. Stephen's Church, Ridgefield, CT in 1915 where he served for 35 years.
During World War I Mr. Lusk served in France with the Young Men's Christian Association.
Rev. Lusk is survived by his widow, the former Edna Bright, two daughters, and by two brothers and two sisters living in Northern Ireland.
The last time Rev. Lusk preached at St. Luke's Church was at the 60th anniversary of the church on July 30, 1939. He had a camp on St. Regis and was a summer visitor there for a number of years.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Friday, May 15, 1953
Above information courtesy of contributor
silentarcher99 # 46997660
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