Obit: Dusso, Lexton M. (1891 - 1971)

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Surnames: DUSSO JOLLIVETTE NEUMAN

----Source: Marshfield News Herald 12/ /1971

LEXTON M. DUSSO (1891-1971)

GREENWOOD--Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Grace United Methodist Church here for Lexton M. Dusso, 80, of Greenwood, Clark County, who died at 10:20 p.m. Sunday Dec. 5, 1971, at the Memorial Home in Neillsville.

Mr. Dusso had been admitted in the hospital, Oct. 10 and was transferred to the Memorial Home three weeks ago.

The Rev. Eugene Antrim, pastor, will officiate at Wednesday's service and burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Visitations may be made at the Hill Funeral Home in Greenwood and at the church after 11 a.m. Wednesday.

Mr. Dusso was born Sept. 3, 1891, in La Crosse, and received his education there. He was married May 27, 1913, to Esther Jollivette, in La Crosse. The couple came to Greenwood in 1919 and farmed south of here. They retired from farming in 1943 and moved to Greenwood, where Mr. Dusso had been employed by REA express from 193 until 1952, when they moved to Fox Lake. They resided there until 1953, then returned to Greenwood.

Survivors include his wife two sons, Lorris Dusso, Madison, and Ralph Dusso, Appleton 17 grandchildren 23 great-grandchildren two sisters, Miss Charlotte Dusso, La Crosse and Mrs. Charles (Evelyn) Neuman, Des Plaines, Ill. and two brothers, Theodore Dusso, Florida, and Charles Dusso, Neillsville.

He was preceded in death by a son, Donald Dusso, on July 24, 1971, and a sister and two brothers.