Encyclopedia Dubuque
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CUSHING, Harry
CUSHING, Harry. (Dubuque, IA, Nov. 5, 1889--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 23, 1950). Owner, Cushing Casket Company. Cushing, associated with the DUBUQUE CASKET COMPANY for twenty-six years, started his own company in August 1945 and operated it until his death.
Active in the Masonic Lodge, he was a past monarch of the Dubuque Oxus Grotto, past watchman of the shepherd of the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, and at the time of his death was a worthy patron of the Julien Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.