IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Thomas Essex
Luster
August 23, 1929 – April 7, 2006
Obituary
Thomas Essex Luster died Friday at St. Clare Medical Center.
Mr. Luster worked at Shaver's Hatchery, Mid-States Steel and Wire Company and Hardware Wholesalers, Inc., in Fort Wayne. In later years, he worked with son David in Wheaton, Ill., as manufactures representatives and hardware industry consultants.
He was a 1947 Crawfordsville High School graduate and an alumnus of Wabash College and Indiana University.
He was born Aug. 23, 1929, at Crawfordsville, to Thomas F. and Martha Elizabeth Essex Luster. He married Nella Marie Hunter Jan. 17, 1952, at Crawfordsville. She survives.
Also surviving are sons Jeffrey Thomas (Vera) Luster, Steamboat Springs, Colo., and David Scott (Sue) Luster, Wheaton, Ill.; and two grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents; step-mother Mary Oldham Luster; and sister Elizabeth Ann (Libby) Smith.
Private graveside ceremonies will be at Oak Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Frank McCurry officiating. There will be no calling.
Memorials may be made to the Boys and Girls Club and Luekemia Foundation. Any memorial contributions may be mailed to 107 North Grant Ave., Crawfordsville, IN 47933 and we will gladly forward them to the appropriate foundation.
Mr. Luster worked at Shaver's Hatchery, Mid-States Steel and Wire Company and Hardware Wholesalers, Inc., in Fort Wayne. In later years, he worked with son David in Wheaton, Ill., as manufactures representatives and hardware industry consultants.
He was a 1947 Crawfordsville High School graduate and an alumnus of Wabash College and Indiana University.
He was born Aug. 23, 1929, at Crawfordsville, to Thomas F. and Martha Elizabeth Essex Luster. He married Nella Marie Hunter Jan. 17, 1952, at Crawfordsville. She survives.
Also surviving are sons Jeffrey Thomas (Vera) Luster, Steamboat Springs, Colo., and David Scott (Sue) Luster, Wheaton, Ill.; and two grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents; step-mother Mary Oldham Luster; and sister Elizabeth Ann (Libby) Smith.
Private graveside ceremonies will be at Oak Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Frank McCurry officiating. There will be no calling.
Memorials may be made to the Boys and Girls Club and Luekemia Foundation. Any memorial contributions may be mailed to 107 North Grant Ave., Crawfordsville, IN 47933 and we will gladly forward them to the appropriate foundation.
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