1921
Max
2008
Max Gustin
September 22, 1921 — December 24, 2008
Max Anthony Gustin, 87, of Biloxi, MS, passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2008 in Ocean Springs. He was born September 22, 1921, in Kansas City, KS.
Mr. Gustin was a Catholic and a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, Kansas City, KS. He was a meat inspector with the USDA in the 1940's. He married the love of his life, Norma Claudine Gustin in 1945 and started their family. He worked at the General Motors Fairfax Plant manufacturing F-84 Thunderjet fighters during the Korean War. He became a firefighter for the City of Kansas City, KS in 1955 and retired in 1983 with the rank of Captain. He moved to Biloxi in 1987 and worked in maintenance at the Sadler Apartments in Biloxi until his second retirement in 1998.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Max and Anna Kure Gustin; his wife of 55 years, Norma Claudine Gustin; and a sister, Anna Grosko.
Survivors include his daughter, Rebecca Gustin of Biloxi; his son Richard (Lehua) Gustin of Jacksonville, FL; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The family would like to express sincere thanks and appreciation to Dr. James B. Martin, Sheila Martin, Wendy and staff at Care Med in Ocean Springs for their compassionate and superb loving care of our father. We know how much you loved him! We also recognize the excellent care and dedication of Dr. Valerie Lenox, Dr. Eva Magiros, Dr. Mark Colligan and the hospice staff of Trinity, Deaconness and Southern Care.
Friends are invited to visit from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at the Riemann Family Funeral Home, 274 Beauvoir Rd, Biloxi.
Mr. Gustin will then be sent to Kansas City, Kansas, where there will be an additional visitation at Skradski Funeral Home, 340 N. 6th Street, Kansas City, Kansas, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. on Friday, January 2, 2009. Interment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Kansas City, KS.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Humane Society of South Mississippi, 2615 25th Ave, Gulfport, MS 39501, or to St. Jude Shrine, 512 W. Saratoga Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.
For more information, please call Riemann Family Funeral Home at (228)388-9516, or Skradski Funeral Home at (913)371-1404.
Mr. Gustin was a Catholic and a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, Kansas City, KS. He was a meat inspector with the USDA in the 1940's. He married the love of his life, Norma Claudine Gustin in 1945 and started their family. He worked at the General Motors Fairfax Plant manufacturing F-84 Thunderjet fighters during the Korean War. He became a firefighter for the City of Kansas City, KS in 1955 and retired in 1983 with the rank of Captain. He moved to Biloxi in 1987 and worked in maintenance at the Sadler Apartments in Biloxi until his second retirement in 1998.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Max and Anna Kure Gustin; his wife of 55 years, Norma Claudine Gustin; and a sister, Anna Grosko.
Survivors include his daughter, Rebecca Gustin of Biloxi; his son Richard (Lehua) Gustin of Jacksonville, FL; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The family would like to express sincere thanks and appreciation to Dr. James B. Martin, Sheila Martin, Wendy and staff at Care Med in Ocean Springs for their compassionate and superb loving care of our father. We know how much you loved him! We also recognize the excellent care and dedication of Dr. Valerie Lenox, Dr. Eva Magiros, Dr. Mark Colligan and the hospice staff of Trinity, Deaconness and Southern Care.
Friends are invited to visit from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at the Riemann Family Funeral Home, 274 Beauvoir Rd, Biloxi.
Mr. Gustin will then be sent to Kansas City, Kansas, where there will be an additional visitation at Skradski Funeral Home, 340 N. 6th Street, Kansas City, Kansas, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. on Friday, January 2, 2009. Interment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Kansas City, KS.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Humane Society of South Mississippi, 2615 25th Ave, Gulfport, MS 39501, or to St. Jude Shrine, 512 W. Saratoga Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.
For more information, please call Riemann Family Funeral Home at (228)388-9516, or Skradski Funeral Home at (913)371-1404.
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