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Lewis Lee Slusser

Birth	:	4 Oct 1886 Benton, Butler County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	30 Oct 1945 Cheney, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	McPherson Cemetery, Clyde, Sandusky County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.3093987, -82.9681015
Description	:	When Lewis was three years old his family home was almost destroyed by a tornado during the night. Lewis was found the next morning at first light almost a mile from the house under his blanket, alive but unresponsive. Lewis's mother fearing that no one could survive such trauma began to sew him a little suit to be buried in. The second day of her sad sewing Lewis walked up behind her and said "Mom, I'm hungry". Lewis grew up to become a railroad foreman all his working life. He married Dorthy Josephine (Hollister) Feb 3, 1909. The Wichita... Read More	When Lewis was three years old his family home was almost destroyed by a tornado during the night. Lewis was found the next morning at first light almost a mile from the house under his blanket, alive but unresponsive. Lewis's mother fearing that no one could survive such trauma began to sew him a little suit to be buried in. The second day of her sad sewing Lewis walked up behind her and said "Mom, I'm hungry". Lewis grew up to become a railroad foreman all his working life. He married Dorthy Josephine (Hollister) Feb 3, 1909. The Wichita Beacon Oct. 30, 1945 20-FOOT FALL FROM BOXCAR KILLS KANSAN Cheney Man Loses Life as Back Is Broken in Plunge to Rocks Lewis Lee Slusser, 58, section foreman on the Santa Fe. was killed this morning when he fell from a work train on the bridge across the North Fork of the Ninnescah three miles east of Cheney, the sheriff's office reported. In charge of three work crews repairing and rip-rapping the bridge and fill on the railroad across the North Fork of the Ninnescah, Slusser was on top of a car directing the unloading of boulders. Under sheriff C. R. Dallas said that Slusser had just completed wrapping a chain around a large boulder. He stepped back to direct the crane operaton to lift the rock down to the rip-rap. As he stepped back, the undersheriff was told, he apparently became over-balanced and toppled about 20 feet to his death. Witnesses said that Slusser fell onto the rock-rip-rap. Death was attributed to a crushed back. Dr Lang F. Bowman, coroner said. He lived about 45 minutes after the fall the coroner said. His body was removed to the Brockstill mortuary at Cheney. Slusser has been a resident of Cheney for a number of years. He is survived by his wife and eight children. NOTE to newspaper article. The last sentence is incorrect. Lewis was survived by his wife and nine children. The son Oren Don had left home in the early 1930's under not so good circumstances. Whomever wrote the obit may have harbored ill feelings, or it is simply a typing error. Second Note; All of Lewis's children went by their middle names with the exception of Max and Charles.

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Lewis Lee Slusser's memorial is located at: McPherson Cemetery, Clyde, Sandusky County, USA.
When did Lewis Lee Slusser death?
Lewis Lee Slusser death on 30 Oct 1945 in Cheney, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 41.3093987
Longitude: -82.9681015

Family Members:

Parent

Richard Henry Slusser

(1855 - 1917)

Mary Belle Mathers Slusser

(1861 - 1933)

Spouse

Dorothy Josephine Hollister Slusser

(1892 - 1989)

Siblings

James Frank Slusser

(1882 - 1947)

Martha Elsie Slusser Austin

(1889 - 1926)

Richard Hugh “Hughie” Slusser

(1896 - 1941)

Wilson Earl “Earl” Slusser

(1903 - 1972)

Children

Richard Lee “Lee” Slusser

(1910 - 1995)

Dorothy “Maxine” Slusser Perkins

(1922 - 2001)

Charles Roy “Charlie” Slusser

(1929 - 1967)

James Lloyd “Lloyd” Slusser

(1931 - 1992)

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