WURSTER, John H. (1879-1944)

WURSTER

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 5/7/2011 at 13:15:16

Wurster, John H.–
John H. Wurster, son of John and Caroline Wurster, was born Sept. 9, 1879 in Taylor county, Iowa and died June 7, 1944 at San Diego, Calif. at the age of 64 years, eight months and 28 days.

He was married to Lura James in June 1909 at Tonkawa, Okla. And to them were born a daughter, Nettie May, now in Washington State, three sons, John Randall, now in the Veterans’ Hospital, San Diego, Regionald Eugene, serving in the U.S. Armed Forces in Texas and Clifford James of the U.S. Naval air training forces near Olathe, Kans. The wife and mother of the children died September 16, 1937.

He also leaves surviving him two sisters, Mrs. William McGinnis of Tonkawa, Okla. And Carrie Thompson of Lenox, and two brothers, Charles and Benjamin F. of Lenox, together with three grandchildren.

Funeral services from the Presbyterian Church United in Lenox were held June 16 with the Rev. Earl Moneymaker in charge. Burial was in an Indianola (Ia.) cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, June 22, 1944