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From THE PAST AND THE PRESENT, PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, Volume II-
Dr. Alvin Gerhard Lueschen is a well known and successful young representative of the medical profession in Columbus. His birth occurred on a farm in this county on the 12th of October, 1880, his parents being Gerhard G. and Margaret (Kuhlmann) Lueschen, who were married in Wisconsin. The father, born in Germany in 1840, emigrated to the United States in 1859, locating first in Wisconsin, while several years later he came to Platte county, Nebraska, and has since carried on general agricultural pursuits here. His wife also still survives and both are well known and highly esteemed in their home community.
Alvin G. Lueschen acquired his early education in the rural schools of this county and subsequently attended the State Normal School at Nebraska City, while later he took up the study of medicine in the Creighton Medical College of Omaha and was graduated from that institution in 1904. He then located in Columbus for general practice and in 1908 went to Bakersfield, California, where he remained until 1914. In that year he returned to Columbus and is here engaged in general practice to some extent but specializes in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He now enjoys a large and lucrative practice which is steadily growing as he demonstrates his skill and ability in the field of his chosen calling.
On the 24th of November, 1908, in Columbus, Nebraska, Dr. Lueschen was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude Elias, a daughter of Charles F. Elias. To them have been born two children, Alvin Gerald and Willamette Marguerite.
The Doctor is a republican in politics and is now ably serving in the capacity of city physician. Fraternally he is known as a York and Scottish Rite Mason and also belongs to the Mystic Shrine, while his religious faith is that of the Lutheran church. He is popular in both professional and social circles. for his salient characteristics are such as command regard and esteem.
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From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) TELEGRAM,March 2, 1973, pg. 8, col. 3-
Funeral rites were held Feb. 14 in Whittier, Calif., for Dr. Alvin G. Lueschen, La Habra, Calif., who died Feb. 10. Formerly of Columbus, he was a brother of the late Adolph Lueschen of Creston.
Dr. Lueschen had practiced in southwest Los Angeles since 1928 when he helped establish the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Department of the Medical-Surgical Institute of Southern California.
Survivors include his wife, Gertrude; daughter, Mrs. Harold Sparling; daughter-in-law, Mrs. Anne Lueschen; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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From THE PAST AND THE PRESENT, PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, Volume II-
Dr. Alvin Gerhard Lueschen is a well known and successful young representative of the medical profession in Columbus. His birth occurred on a farm in this county on the 12th of October, 1880, his parents being Gerhard G. and Margaret (Kuhlmann) Lueschen, who were married in Wisconsin. The father, born in Germany in 1840, emigrated to the United States in 1859, locating first in Wisconsin, while several years later he came to Platte county, Nebraska, and has since carried on general agricultural pursuits here. His wife also still survives and both are well known and highly esteemed in their home community.
Alvin G. Lueschen acquired his early education in the rural schools of this county and subsequently attended the State Normal School at Nebraska City, while later he took up the study of medicine in the Creighton Medical College of Omaha and was graduated from that institution in 1904. He then located in Columbus for general practice and in 1908 went to Bakersfield, California, where he remained until 1914. In that year he returned to Columbus and is here engaged in general practice to some extent but specializes in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He now enjoys a large and lucrative practice which is steadily growing as he demonstrates his skill and ability in the field of his chosen calling.
On the 24th of November, 1908, in Columbus, Nebraska, Dr. Lueschen was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude Elias, a daughter of Charles F. Elias. To them have been born two children, Alvin Gerald and Willamette Marguerite.
The Doctor is a republican in politics and is now ably serving in the capacity of city physician. Fraternally he is known as a York and Scottish Rite Mason and also belongs to the Mystic Shrine, while his religious faith is that of the Lutheran church. He is popular in both professional and social circles. for his salient characteristics are such as command regard and esteem.
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From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) TELEGRAM,March 2, 1973, pg. 8, col. 3-
Funeral rites were held Feb. 14 in Whittier, Calif., for Dr. Alvin G. Lueschen, La Habra, Calif., who died Feb. 10. Formerly of Columbus, he was a brother of the late Adolph Lueschen of Creston.
Dr. Lueschen had practiced in southwest Los Angeles since 1928 when he helped establish the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Department of the Medical-Surgical Institute of Southern California.
Survivors include his wife, Gertrude; daughter, Mrs. Harold Sparling; daughter-in-law, Mrs. Anne Lueschen; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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1880 - 1973 (92 years)