Elsie (Hammond) Lusk

Elsie Hammond Lusk, 96, formerly of Gallipolis died Sunday, October 22, 2006 at the Corinne Dolan Center at Heather Hill, Chardon, Ohio following an extended illness. She was born on January 30, 1910 in Cadiz, Kentucky to the late Gordon B. And Julia M. Hammond. She graduated from Cadiz High School in 1926 and received her B.A. Degree in Latin and Education in 1929 from Bowling Green State Teachers College (now Bowling Green State University) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Later, she graduated from the Bowling Green College of Commerce. She assumed her first teaching position in Herndon, West Virginia that same year where she taught high school business subjects, then going on to teach at Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley, West Virginia. She also served as an executive secretary at the McBee Company in Athens, Ohio before moving to Gallipolis.

In 1951, after the birth of her children, she resumed her teaching career at Gallia Academy High School, in Gallipolis, where she served until her retirement in 1976. While at Gallia Academy, she was the commercial and business teacher and director of GAHS's first cooperative office education program, affiliated with the Ohio Department of Education. In this role, she placed her commercial students in local businesses throughout Gallia County, many of whom assumed lifelong careers in business education in Southeastern Ohio. She also directed student clubs and activities at GAHS, including Tri Hi Y, and for many years she sponsored the junior class in its plans and decorations for the Junior-Senior Prom. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Gallipolis and served as church secretary, co-chair of the Sunday School, a member of Grace Guild, and advisor to the Methodist Youth Fellowship. Another of her favorite activities was serving as a charter member of the Gallipolis Garden Club, where she entered winning flower arrangements over many years.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Aven Denzle Lusk; sister, Mary Hammond Boggs and brother, Terry White Hammond.

Elsie is survived by her children, Mary Ann Lusk Jorgenson, Nancy Lusk Zimpher (Kenneth Howey) and Rodney Hammond (Sandy) Lusk; brother, James H. Hammond; grandchildren, Simon (Jenni) Jorgenson, David (Melissa) Jorgenson, Allison Lusk, Andrew Lusk, and Fletcher Zimpher.

Memorial services will be conducted at 1:00 PM Saturday, October 28 at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, 420 First Ave, Gallipolis with Rev. Doug Stockton officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home one hour prior to services, at noon on Saturday. A private burial will be held at Mound Hill Cemetery.

Memorial gifts may be made to:
The Grace United Methodist Church
600 Second Ave.
Gallipolis, OH 45631