Biography

10/09/1897 - 08/16/1956

GUSS, Karl Bryan, a Representative from Juniata County; born, October 9, 1897 in Mifflin, Juniata County, Pa.; attended, Mifflin public schools; graduated, Eckels College of Mortuary Science; employed, Standard Steel Works Company; employed, Pennsylvania Railroad Company; employee, Oliver H. Bair Company; owner, Guss Funeral Home, Inc. (1924-1956); elected, coroner, Juniata County (1928-1944); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1953 term and reelected the following term; died while in office, August 16, 1956 in Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania; interred, Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery, Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania.