Obit: Gust, Carl F. (1896 - 1955)
Contact: Stan
Surnames: Gust, Sauer, Hulbert, Rucks, Schwoch, Muicke,
Woskoski
----Source: Abbotsford Tribune
(Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 04/28/1955
Gust, Carl F. (15 Sept. 1896 - 20 Apr.
1955)
Funeral services for Carl F. Gust, West
Bend, were held at St. John’s Lutheran church Saturday
afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, with the Rev. W. P. Sauer
officiating. Internment was made in Pilgrim Rest
cemetery.
Mr. Gust died Wednesday afternoon, April
20. He had been ailing for some time, and was taken seriously ill
two days prior to his death.
He was born Sept. 15, 1896 in Berlin,
Germany. At the age of 10, he came to this country with his
parents. The family settled at Westboro where he grew up and
attended school. During World War I, he served in the armed forces
for 21 months.
On Jan. 19, 1919, he married the former
Ruth Hulbert, at Westboro. She died in 1922. On May 28, 1925, he
married Erna Rucks, at Lomira. After their marriage the couple
lived in Milwaukee, where Mr. Gust was employed by the
International Harvester Company. In 1932, the family moved to
Abbotsford, and in 1952 went to West Bend where Mr. Gust was
employed with the Gehl Manufacturing Company.
Surviving are the widow, eight children,
Milo, Medford, Oregon; Mrs. Elmer (Inez) Schwoch, West Bend; Roger,
Rockford, Ill.; and Bernadine, Richard, Carol, Faith, and David,
all of West Bend; three grand children, and two sisters, Mrs. Ella
Muicke, Milwaukee; and Mrs. Carl Woskoski (Ann), of Fond du
Lac.
Mr. Gust was a member of the Hanson-Terrio post of the American Legion, Abbotsford.
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