Gus was born in Buckley, Illinois to George and Catharina (Langehennig) Luhrsen. His twin brother died as an infant and their mother died when he was 3. Gus's father married Betty Yates some time after. Gus and two of his brothers moved to Little Rock, Arkansas to live with his Aunt Sophia and Uncle Henry, where he worked on the railroad. Some years later he came to live in St. Louis, where he worked as a switchman, spending the rest of his life there. He had nine children, eight of whom survived him.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch obituary from 19 July 1949, pg 7B reads:
Luhrsen, Gustav A., 5010 Alcott, asleep in Jesus, suddenly, Sun. July 17, 1949, 9:50 p.m., beloved husband of Mrs. Minnie Luhrsen (nee Bruegger), dear father of Mrs. E. Wiedner, Mrs. G. Nelson, Mrs. N. Russo, Mrs. H. Lawson, Dolores, Gustav W., Leonard E. and Donald Luhrsen, dear stepson of Mrs. Bettie Luhrsen, our dear brother, father-in-law, brother-in-law, grandfather, uncle, nephew and cousin, in his 67th year.
Body will lie in state after 3 p.m. Tues. at Beiderwieden Funeral Home, 1936 St. Louis av., and until 8:30 a.m. Thurs. Services same day, 10 a.m., at Zion Lutheran Church, Twenty-first and Benton. Interment New Bethlehem Cemetery. Deceased was a member of Concordia Aid Association, Branch No. 1, and Switchmen's Union of North America.
Gus was born in Buckley, Illinois to George and Catharina (Langehennig) Luhrsen. His twin brother died as an infant and their mother died when he was 3. Gus's father married Betty Yates some time after. Gus and two of his brothers moved to Little Rock, Arkansas to live with his Aunt Sophia and Uncle Henry, where he worked on the railroad. Some years later he came to live in St. Louis, where he worked as a switchman, spending the rest of his life there. He had nine children, eight of whom survived him.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch obituary from 19 July 1949, pg 7B reads:
Luhrsen, Gustav A., 5010 Alcott, asleep in Jesus, suddenly, Sun. July 17, 1949, 9:50 p.m., beloved husband of Mrs. Minnie Luhrsen (nee Bruegger), dear father of Mrs. E. Wiedner, Mrs. G. Nelson, Mrs. N. Russo, Mrs. H. Lawson, Dolores, Gustav W., Leonard E. and Donald Luhrsen, dear stepson of Mrs. Bettie Luhrsen, our dear brother, father-in-law, brother-in-law, grandfather, uncle, nephew and cousin, in his 67th year.
Body will lie in state after 3 p.m. Tues. at Beiderwieden Funeral Home, 1936 St. Louis av., and until 8:30 a.m. Thurs. Services same day, 10 a.m., at Zion Lutheran Church, Twenty-first and Benton. Interment New Bethlehem Cemetery. Deceased was a member of Concordia Aid Association, Branch No. 1, and Switchmen's Union of North America.
Family Members
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Katherine May "Kats" Luhrsen Wiedner
1915–1995
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Edna Augusta Luhrsen
1917–1918
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Blossom Bettie Luhrsen Nelson
1918–2013
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Gustav William "Boyke" Luhrsen
1920–1985
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Dorothy Wilhelmina "Bobbie" Luhrsen Russo
1922–2008
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Leonard Eugene Paul Luhrsen
1924–2005
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Rosemarie Claire "Rosie" Luhrsen Lawson
1927–1989
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Dolores Esther Erna Luhrsen McNiff
1931–2015
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