The following two obits were submitted by Sue kentuckysue22@hotmail.com

Source: Cincinnati Enquirer 11-1-1954, page 12:7 (copy from CINCH)

   John L. Cushing, former Kenton county master commissioner, 1844
Euclid Ave., Covington, died yesterday after a long illness.  Mr. 
Cushing who was 61 years old, also had been an assistant city solicitor 
of Covington.

An attorney with offices in Covington, he was a member of the Kentucky 
Bar Association, a member of Knights of Columbus, and the Crusaders 
Club of St. Elizabeth Hospital, Covington.
     
Mr. Cushing is survived by a son, John W. Cushing; two step-children, 
Henry Sellmeyer and Miss Mara Sellmeyer, and a brother, Frances (Pat) 
Cushing, all of Covington.
   
He is also survived by five sisters, the Misses Catherine, and Florence 
Cushing, all of Covington; Sister Mary Praxedes and Sister Frances 
Raphael, both of Louisville.
    
Services will be held from the Hugenberg & Glindmeyer funeral home, 
Covington, at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.  Requiem High Mass will be sung 
at St. Augusta Church, Covington, at 9 a.m.  Burial will be in Mother 
of God Cemetery, Covington.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 
2 to 10 p.m. tomorrow.


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-Cincinnati Times Star 11-2-1954, page 25:l (copy from CINCH)


John Cushing

Requiem high mass for John L. Cushing, Kenton County master commissioner 
and former assistant Covington solicitor, will be sung Wednesday at 9 
a.m. in St. Augustine Church, Covington.  Burial will be in Mother of 
God Cemetery, Covington.
    
Cushing, a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, died Sunday at his 
home, 1844 Euclid Avenue, Covington, following a long illness.  He was 61.  
He also held membership in the Knights of Columbus and the Crusaders' 
Club of St. Elizabeth Hospital.
    
He leaves a son, John W. Cushing, and two stepchildren, Henry Sellmeyer 
and Miss Mara Sellmeyer, all of Covington; a brother, Francis (Pat) 
Cushing, Covington; five sisters, the Misses' Catherine Sue and Florence 
Cushing, both of Covington, and Sister Mary Praxedes, on the staff of St. 
Mary Elizabeth Hospital, Louisville, and Sister Frances Raphael, also of 
Louisville.
    
The Hugenberg & Glindmeyer funeral home, Covington, is in charge.