Mrs.
Bessie Rusu, 84, of Ashley Place Nursing Home, died of heart
failure Thursday morning after an illness of several months. She was born
Jan. 26, 1903 in Kenton, TN to Samuel and Charlotte
Dover Johnson. She moved to New Castle in 1907 and to Youngstown,
Ohio in 1944. Her husband, the Rev. George Rusu,
whom she married Aug. 12, 1920, died June 24, 1983. Mrs. Rusu leaves seven
sons; Samuel of Youngstown, Robert
of Canfield, David of Lowellville, Daniel
of Madison, Wisc., George Jr. and Benjamin
of Largo, FL and Donald of Tulsa, OK; eight
daughters, Mrs. Bea Van Slack of Boardman, Mrs.
Florence Altman of New Castle, Mrs. Esther
Connolly and Mrs. Mary Yurcovich of
Youngstown, Mrs. Ruth Maier of Liberty, Mrs.
Jane Boano of Poland, Mrs. Jean Pantalone of
Euclid and Mrs. Diane Zents, a missionary on
the Ivory Coast of Africa; two sisters , Mrs. Beulah
Choco of New Castle and Mrs. Bea Fehrenbach of
Warren, PA; three brothers, Lucius Johnson of
Wampum, PA, Sidney Johnson of Shippensburg,
PA and Leon Johnson of West Palm Beach, FL,
58 grandchildren and 69 great-grandchildren. A son, Cornelius,
died in 1925.
Newspaper
unknown, Saturday, November 28,
1987
Submitted
by Bea Mansfield
