Tretha Lusk, 80, of Olney, formerly of Bridgeport, died Wednesday April 16, 1997 at Harmony Boarding House in Flora.  Services at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney with Bro. Dan Yeager officiating. Burial in Haven Hill Cemetery.

Lusk was born May 8, 1916 in Richland County, the daughter of Louie and Alva (Cox) Gantenbein. She married Kenneth Elwood Lusk May 7, 1940 in Flora. He preceded her in death February 26, 1992.

She was a homemaker and a member of Shiloh Baptist Church in Bridgeport and Bridgeport Garden Club.

She is survived by one son, Louie M. Lusk and his wife, Doris of Flora; one daughter, Mary Louise Bennett and her husband, William of Speedway, Ind.; and seven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

Olney Daily Mail (IL) ~ April 17, 1997