Person Sheet

Name Erma Irene Gust68,65 Birth 15 Mar 1914, Riga Twp, Lenawee Co, Michigan68,65 Death 27 Oct 1990, Adrian Twp., Lenawee Co., Michigan Burial 30 Oct 1990, Lenawee Hills Memorial Park, Adrian Religion Riga Ev. Lutheran until 1982, then W. Adrian United Ch. Christ69 Father Fredrick Wilhelm Rudolf Gust (1885-1967) Mother Edna Magdalina Kodelman (1893-1973)
Spouses
1 Lewis Laverne Ruesink67,65 Birth 29 Jun 1914, Adrian Twp, Lenawee Co, Michigan67 Death 4 Jun 1989, Adrian Twp, Lenawee Co, Michigan Burial Lenawee Hills Memorial Park, Adrian Occupation Farmer Father William Henry Ruesink (1875-1962) Mother Grace Adele Knight (1877-1973)
Marriage 22 Mar 1943, St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church, Toledo, Ohio70
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Notes for Erma Irene Gust
Birth certificate has middle name spelled "Irean."68 Social Security has SS#365-50-5141 & last residence as Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI.2 Information on Erma's family can be found in the file "Gust-Kodelman Family." It includes the ancestory of both of her parents, plus information on her brother, her brother's descendants, and the descendants of aunts and uncles going back several generations.
Notes for Lewis Laverne (Spouse 1)
Birth certificate omits final "e" from middle name. His Army serial number was 0-874439. Social security # 368-28-8658. Date of entrance to active service: 22 Apr 1942. Date of separation from active service: 31 Oct 1945 at Wilmington, Delaware. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 6 Sep 1943 and to 1st Lieutenant on 9 Feb 1945. His report of separation says he was awarded the "European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal", and that he arrived in the Azores 7 Jun 1944 & arrived back in the U.S. 1 Sep 1945 for a total foreign service of 1 yr. 2 mo. 26 d. Social Security has SS#368-28-8658 & last residence as Adrian, Lenawee Co., Mich.2 On August 15, 1982, Lewis & Erma transferred their membership from St. Johns Lutheran Church in Riga to West Adrian United Church of Christ.69 In December 1951 & January 1952 he drove the family to Texas in their 1949 Plymouth station wagon, to visit an Army friend in Refugio, the Army barracks hospital in Wichita Falls where Bill had been born in 1943, Brownsville, the Alamo, Corpus Christi beaches, and many other sights. In 1954 Lewis fell from a barn loft, breaking an arm and pulverizing his pelvis. He was in Ann Arbor (University Hospital) for many weeks.71 February 6 - 13, 1971, Lewis and Erma enjoyed a Caribbean cruise with several friends from First Federal S&L. Stops included Puerto Rico, St. Thomas & Haiti.