| The Rev. John 'Anthony' Gussin |
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| A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, 2001, in St. Mary's Catholic Church in Vernonia for the Rev. John "Anthony" Gussin, who died Feb. 19 at age 85. |
| The Rev. Gussin was born Nov. 20, 1915, in Kansas City, Mo. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces in Europe and was held a prisoner of war for 18 months. He was a CPA and supervisor for Mack Truck in Los Angeles for about 20 years. In the 1960s, he entered Mount Angel Seminary and was ordained. He was a parish priest for St. Fredric Catholic Church in St. Helens and then St. Mary's Catholic Church in Vernonia. In 1976, he moved to Spokane and was a chaplain. He served at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Ohio. He later served in a monastery and was a hermit in Beirut, Lebanon. After returning to the United States, he established a prayer house in Eagle, Idaho, helped parishes and was chaplain for a Catholic Workers' group in Boise. |
| Survivors include his sister, Sister Albina. |
| Interment is in Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery. The family suggests remembrances to the Congregation of St. Joseph, Sisters of Carondelet, St. Louis Province, 6400 Minnesota Ave., St. Louis, MO 63111. Arrangements are by Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home. |
| February 22, 2001 |
| Portland Oregonian |
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