Clu Flu Lusk, M.D.
Clu Flu Lusk, a physician, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2008, in Arlington.Funeral: 11 a.m. Thursday in Wade Family Funeral Home Chapel, 4140 W. Pioneer Parkway, Arlington. Interment: 1 p.m. in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Lane A, Dallas. Visitation: The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Wade Family Funeral Home.Memorials: The family requests memorial gifts be made to the Taney Restoration Fund at the Baltimore Maritime Museum, 802 S. Caroline St., Baltimore, Md. 21231, www.baltomaritimemuseum.org; or to Utopia Animal Rescue, 966 Echo Hill Road, Medina, Texas 78055, www.utopiarescue.com.Clu Flu Lusk, M.D., the youngest of 10 brothers and sisters, was born June 26, 1921, in Cartwright, La., Jackson Parish, to Frank Elbert and Helen Remington Lusk. After graduating from Eros High School in 1938, he obtained a B.A. in biology from Louisiana Tech. He then served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1942 to 1945, earning the rank of lieutenant. He taught mathematics to the officer candidates at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. In 1944 and 1945, he served on the USCG cutter Roger B. Taney (WHEC-37), overseeing an anti-aircraft gun crew in North Atlantic convoy duty and in the Okinawa campaign. Clu Flu graduated from Tulane University with a medical degree in 1950. He completed residencies in Shreveport, La., and Pineville, La. He practiced medicine for a short time in Weimar. Dr. Lusk went on to practice in Gainesville for 24 years, until 1976. He was designated a diplomate-charter member of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He also served as chief of staff at Gainesville Memorial Hospital. Between 1977 and 1988, he served as the assistant director of the family practice residency program of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. Dr. Lusk was a longtime member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society. His integrity and ability as a physician leave legions of grateful and admiring former patients and co-workers.He was an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church and was a member of St. Philip Presbyterian Church in Hurst.Survivors: Clu Flu is survived by his wife, Diane Voth Lusk, and children, Ruth Mauppin, Zack Lusk and Brooke Lusk; his son, Fred Lusk and his mother, Elizabeth Morse Baptie, and by Alan Lusk, Jane Sears, John Lusk and Claire Morris and their mother, Shirley Dieterich Lusk; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; sisters, Dimple McBride and Rossie Swanner; and numerous nieces and nephews. Published in the Star-Telegram on 3/4/2008.
03/08/08 Submitted by: Garret Conklin
