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Submitted: 8/22/21 • Approved: 8/22/21 • Last Updated: 8/25/21 • R449809-G0-S3
May 7, 1888-November 17, 1959
Mason
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
O.E. Rusher, 71, of 811 Jackson, died early this morning at a Wichita Falls hospital after a long illness. He had been a Borger resident since 1926 and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Borger and Ordway Lodge 135 of Ordway, Colo.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Glennie Rusher; four daughters, Mrs. Jessie Mario Hudson, Koshkonogo, Mo.; Mrs. Mildred Friday, Ft. Dodge, Ia., Mrs. Norma Dean Hoffman, North Kansas City, Kan., and Mrs. Wilma Gaston of Borger; one son, Theron Ward Rusher of Midway City, Calif.; three brothers, Dan and Glen Rusher of Ordway, Colo., and Vern Rusher of Cupertino, Calif.; 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dan B. Cameron officiating. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the auspices of Isom Lodge 1242, A.F.& A.M. Lodge brothers are requested to report to the Masonic Temple of Grand Avenue to participate in the services. Services are under the direction of Ed Brown, funeral director.
(Published in Borger News Herald, November 17, 1959)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: O E Rusher
Death Date: 17 Nov 1959
Death County: Wichita
Certificate: 65580
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: O E Rusher
Birth Date: 7 May 1888
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Age at Death: 71
Death Date: 17 Nov 1959
Death Place: Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA
Contributed on 8/22/21
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Record #: 449809