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Erich Gustav William Luschei
8 Oct 1898 – 2 Jan 1936
| Birth | 8 Oct 1898 |
| Death | 2 Jan 1936 |
| Cemetery | Gordon Cemetery Gordon , Sheridan County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | BJW on 05 Jul 2016 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166482476 |
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The Columbus Daily Telegram , ________, 1936 LUSCHEI-- E.G. LUSCHEI DIES IN AUTO ACCIDENT Former Platte County Boy Is Victim of Crash At New England, N.D. Erich G. Lueschei, 37 superintendent of schools at Oelrichs, S.D., a former Platte county boy who was three times an all-state college conference tackle while a member of the Midland college football squad at Fremont about 15 years ago, died at 5 p.m. yesterday of injuries received in an automobile crash at New England, N.D., earlier in the day, according to word received by his brother, Ernest J. Luschei, at the VCC camp northeast of Columbus, today. The message, which was dispatched by Mrs. Erich Luschei, did not give detailed information about the accident, but stated that the funeral services would be held at Gordon, Neb., Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Luschei had driven to New England, N.D., to visit his younger brother, Louis, who had been critically ill with pneumonia, but is now convalescent. Mr. Luschei was a son of the late Rev. and Mrs. O.L. Luschei. Born at Pender, Neb., Oct. 8, 1898, he came to Platte county with his parents, brothers and sisters, in 1907 when his father became pastor of Zion Lutheran church in Bismark township, sometimes known as the Kallweit church. After his father's death in 1910, Erich made his home with his elder brothers, F.W., B.W., and E.J. Luschei, who were farming at that time in Bismark township, while he completed his common school course in the Dist. 28 school. He then went to Midland college where he took the academic and college courses. As a member of the Midland football team, where Robert Sisty, now in the insurance business in Columbus, was one of his first coaches, he was known as the "human tractor." Harley Tschudy and Harry Lenhouts, two other Columbus boys, were also Midland stars at that time. After finishing his course at Midland, Mr. Luschei attended Western Theological seminary at Fremont, where he was a schoolmate of Rev. H.H. Goede, now pastor of Trinity Lutheran church here. He gave up his studies for the ministry at the end of the third year, to become athletic coach at Gordon, Neb. He later served as coach at Kimball, Neb., and then about six years ago, became superintendent of schools at Oelrichs, S.D. Minerology was his hobby, and in recent yeas he had assembled for the state of South Dakota a collection of 26 different native agates which he found in summer-time research in the Black Hills and other parts of the state. While coaching at Gordon in 1926, he married Miss Helen Mills, of Gordon, who, with their three children, Eugene, Martin and Joan, survives him. He leaves also four brothers, F.W., of Omaha, B.W., of Fullerton, E.J., of Fullerton, who is at the VCC camp near Columbus now, and Louis, at New England, N.D., and two sisters, Mrs. H.H. Heinz, of Sutton, and Mrs. T.A. Stellman, of Fullerton. His mother passed away at Fullerton in 1933.
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- Olga Antonia Augusta Luschei Heinz 1885–1980
- Louise Anna Gertrude Luschei Stellman 1887–1972
- Clara M. Luschei Fiedler 1889–1920
- Felix William Luscher 1890–1963
- Bruno William Louis Luschei 1892–1973
- Ernest J. Luschei 1894–1953
- Freda Marie Luschei Marlar 1896–1927
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