New Carlisle Sun

February 8, 1962 

LUSE, ERB S. -  Funeral services for Erb S. Luse, 60, were conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday by the Rev. Fred G. Gnatuck at the Doom Memorial Home.  Burial was in New Carlisle Cemetery.  Mr. Luse collapsed and died of a heart attack about 11 a.m. Monday while watching one of his horses working out at the Miami County Fairgrounds track.  He was pronounced dead on arrival at Stouder Memorial Hospital a few minutes after being stricken.  A resident of New Carlisle for many Years, he resided at 212 S. Main Street and had been a pay station supervisor for the Ohio Bell, working out of the Dayton office.  He was a member of the U. S. Trotting Association and kept harness horses as a hobby.  Born January 26, 1902, he was a son of Gilbert and Bessie Sidner Luse.  He was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church.  He leaves his widow, the former Olive Sheridan and his mother.