Wilbert L. Strausser was born on April 23, 1902 to George and Minnie (Derk) Strausser. Almost nothing is known about Wilbert, including his place of birth which is likely Columbia or Northumberland County. The facts that are known are that he and his family lived in Coal Township in 1910, he died from Influenza on 14 October 1918, and he was laid to rest in Trevorton’s Greenwood Cemetery on 16 October 1918.
Wilbert spent 10 days fighting this deadly virus that wreaked havoc on the area and would claim the lives of more than 600,000 of his fellow Americans during 1918-1919.
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