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Worthy Leon HUSK

Worthy Leon HUSK

Male 1923 - 1997  (74 years)


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  • Name Worthy Leon HUSK
    Birth 6 Jan 1923  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Military From 6 Apr 1943 to 11 Mar 1946  [3, 4, 5, 6] 
    367th Bomber Squadron, US Army, World War II (Europe) 
    Education Doddridge Co H.S. (1942), Glenville State College  [7, 8] 
    Occupation teacher (31 yrs), beekeeper, Washington County bee inspector  [6, 8] 
    Residence Beverly, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8, 9] 
    Death 7 Oct 1997  Beverly, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 10] 
    • SSDI incorrectly reports death date as 15 Oct 1997.
    Burial Beverly Cemetery, Beverly, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I492  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2023

    Father Ernest Washington "Short" HUSK,   b. 24 May 1894, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1976, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Mother Florence Edna LEESON,   b. Jun 1892, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1984, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 91 years)
    Family ID F164  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Betty Joan BUSH,   b. 21 Aug 1929, Poplar Bluff, Butler Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 2019, Beverly, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Marriage 4 Aug 1951  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
    +1. Living
    +2. Living
    Family ID F170  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Worthy Husk, Doddridge Co H.S., 1942    		Worthy Husk, Doddridge Co H.S., 1942

    Documents
    492_HUSK_Worthy-Leon_1923-1997_Obit.jpg    		492_HUSK_Worthy-Leon_1923-1997_Obit.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1639] Death Record - Online.

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S2512] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S1978] National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, (www.ancestry.com).

    5. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S2395] Ohio Death Records 1908-1932, 1938-2022 [database online], (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health).

    7. [S2723] Yearbook photo.

    8. [S14] Obituary.

    9. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    10. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    11. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).