Rev.
George Rusu Sr.; Has 122
Descendants
The Rev. George Rusu,
Sr., 92, a Pentecostal minister and evangelist in Youngstown,
Warren and New Castle for 63 years died Friday at 9 a.m. of pneumonia at
St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. He was born May 3, 1891, in
Cuzdrivara, Romania, a son of Louis and Florence
Mazi Rusu, coming to New Castle in 1907 and Youngstown in 1944. He
served in the Army during World War I.
Besides his wife, Bessie
Johnson Rusu, whom he married Aug. 12, 1920, he leaves seven sons
and eight daughters; 57 grandchildren and 50 great- grandchildren. A son, Cornelius,
died in 1925.
Newspaper
unknown, June 25, 1983
Submitted
by Bea Mansfield