OBIT

Cushman, Thomas “Tom” Randal 3/17/1947

Printed in the March 20, 1947 Pilot-Tribune, Blair, Nebraska

Tom Cushman Rites Planned

Services To Be Friday: Ex-Herman Man Died On 71st Birthday

Tom Cushman, 71, of 501 E. Colfax St., native and former resident of Herman, died at Blair Hospital Monday on his 71st birthday. Ill about two years, he had been admitted to the hospital only a few hours before his death.

Funeral services, with arrangements in charge of Fick’s Funeral Home, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at First Methodist church. The Rev. A.W. Clarke of Arlington will officiate, and interment will be in Rose Hill cemetery.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Smandel Cushman, pioneers, Mr. Cushman was born Mar. 17, 1876 on the old Cushman farm in the Spiker vicinity. He lived in the Herman region all his life until moving to Blair about 10 or 12 years ago. He farmed many years, and bought cattle throughout the county.

Mr. Cushman and Maime Stroh of Hooper were married Jan. 28, 1916. They were the parents of ten children, one of whom died in infancy.

Surviving him are his wife, Maime; three daughters, Mrs. Cora Maw of Corona, Calif., Mrs. Lenora Farmer of Scio, Ore., and Leatha, at home; and six sons, Smandel and Robert, both of San Diego, Calif., Oris of Omaha, Edward, Bill and Rex, all at home. There is one sister, Mrs. Harry Neff, of Herman.

~~~Obituary courtesy of Washington County, Nebraska Genealogical Association; newspaper clippings on file at the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska

Contributor: MrsB


Obituary -
Thomas Cushman
The Hooper Sentinel
March 20, 1947
Tom Cushman Dies at Blair
Tom Cushman died at 4 a.m. Monday at the Blair hospital on his 71 st birthday. A former Hooperite, he is survived by his wife, the former Mamie Stroh, and 9 children. One child died in infancy. He was a brother-in-law of Alfred and Edward Stroh and Mrs. Anton Tunberg of Hooper. Mr. and Mrs Alfred Stroh went to Blair Monday and learned that the funeral arrangements are pending word from relatives in California and Oregon, but will probably be held Friday at Blair. He was buried at SECTION 2, ROW 1 in ROSE HILL CEMETERY, ORUM, WASHINGTON, COUNTY,NEBRASKA.

MARGARET MARIE "MAMIE" STROH and THOMAS RANDAL CUSHMAN were
married on 28 Jan 1916 in OMAHA, DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
THOMAS RANDAL CUSHMAN, son of SMANDEL W. CUSHMAN and NANCY
(CUSHMAN), was born on 17 Mar 1876 in NEBRASKA. He appeared in the census in 1920 in NEBRASKA, WASHINGTON, SPIKER, GRANT, 95A. He appeared in the census in 1930 in NEBRASKA, WASHINGTON, HERMAN, 235. THOMAS died on 17 Mar 1947 at the age of 71 in BLAIR, WASHINGTON COUNTY, NEBRASKA.

THOMAS RANDAL CUSHMAN and MARGARET MARIE STROH had the following children:

1. CORA MARGARET CUSHMAN, born 27 May 1916, HERMAN, WASHINGTON COUNTY, NEBRASKA; married ARTHUR ROBERT MAW,
12 Nov 1939; died 4 Jul 2011, RIVERSIDE, RIVERSIDE COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA.

2. SMANDEL L. "JAY" CUSHMAN was born on 28 Oct 1917 in NEBRASKA. He appeared in the household of THOMAS RANDAL CUSHMAN in the census in 1920 in NEBRASKA, WASHINGTON, SPIKER, GRANT, 95A. He appeared in the household of THOMAS
RANDAL CUSHMAN in the census in 1930 in NEBRASKA, WASHINGTON, HERMAN, 235. JAY died on 27 Nov 2004 at the age
of 87 in LAS PORTE, LA PORTE, INDIANA.

3. ROBERT R. CUSHMAN was born in 1920 in NEBRASKA. He appeared in the household of THOMAS RANDAL CUSHMAN in the census in 1920 in NEBRASKA, WASHINGTON, SPIKER, GRANT, 95A.
He died before 7 Jun 2008 at the age of 88.

4. ORIS ALFRED CUSHMAN, born 8 Jul 1921, HERMAN, WASHINGTON
COUNTY, NEBRASKA; married BETTY ANN MOYER, 21 Dec 1946, MARYSVILLE, KANSAS; died 22 Feb 2007.

5. DEAN WALTON CUSHMAN was born on 1 Aug 1923 in WINSLOW,
DODGE COUNTY, NEBRASKA. He died on 15 Oct 1923 at the age of
0 in WINSLOW, DODGE COUNTY, NEBRASKA.

The Hooper Sentinel
Oct. 18, 1923

Died-Dean Walton Cushman, son of Mr.& Mrs Tom Cushman, on
Monday at Winslow. He was twi months old.

6. LEONORE CUSHMAN, born 19 Sep 1924, WINSLOW, DODGE COUNTY,NEBRASKA; married JACK BRIDGES FARMER, 21 Feb 1943,
NORCO, CALIFORNIA; died 12 Nov 1984, SAN JACINTO, RIVERSIDE
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

7. EDWARD E. CUSHMAN, born 8 Nov 1926, HOOPER, DODGE COUNTY, NEBRASKA; married MARTHA MENCKE, 22 Jan 1955,
LOUISVILLE, NEBRASKA; died 7 Jun 2008, KEARNEY, BUFFALO COUNTY, NEBRASKA.

8. BILLIE LEE CUSHMAN, born abt 1930, NEBRASKA; married
HELEN IRENE WARK, 12 Dec 1955, DENVER, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO; died Jun 1985, COOPERSTOWN, GRIGGS COUNTY, NORTH
DAKOTA.

9. REX RICHARD CUSHMAN, born 18 Dec 1935, HERMAN, WASHINGTON COUNTY, NEBRASKA; married ARLENE EHRHARDT, 26 Sep
1957; died 8 Sep 2010, FREMONT, DODGE COUNTY, NEBRASKA.

Obits and Info Courtesy of Harry H. Wagner

Actually there were 10 children.

10. Leatha A. Cushman, born 6 Apr 1932, HERMAN, WASHINGTON
COUNTY, NEBRASKA; married Earl Kahlandt, 26 Aug 1953. died
12 Apr 1996, MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL in BLAIR, NEBRASKA,
WASHINGTON COUNTY.