Christopher Lusk

Christopher Lusk KILLEEN, Texas - Army Spc. Christopher Dickson Lusk, 26, passed into the loving arms of our Lord Feb. 26, 2009, in Killeen, Texas. Chris was a special blessing to his parents, Grace and Clark Lusk of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and his brother Sheppard of Boise, Idaho. Born just after their Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 25, 1982, he came home to his adopted family two days later. He grew up in Coeur d'Alene and graduated from Wasatch Academy, Mount Pleasant, Utah. Shortly after graduation, he enlisted in the Army, served two tours of duty in Iraq and was at the end of his enlistment at his untimely death. Chris had a great passion and gift for all things computer-related and loved setting up networks and systems. He read computer manuals like novels and usually won at computer games. He will be remembered for his kind and sensitive heart, big grin and loping gait. His family and friends will very much miss those wonderful moments when he chose to talk about his deepest thoughts and feelings. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Dorothy Sutherland formerly of Virginia Beach. He leaves behind his anguished parents; brother and sister-in-law, Kelly; uncles and aunts, Larry and Vicky Lusk of Tulsa, Okla., Melody and Bruce Atteberry of Goldsby, Okla., Joy Rearden of Texas, Dickson Schaefer of Jackson Hole, Wy., and Virginia Beach and Anne Cooke of Aspen, Colo.; first cousins, Donnie, Michael, Berrie, Mike, Max, Auburn and Alyssa; friends at home and his buddies in the Army. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 14, in the First Presbyterian Church in Coeur d'Alene with Yates Funeral Home in care of the arrangements. The family prefers memorial donations to SPAN Idaho (Suicide Prevention Action Network of Idaho), 1120 Ironwood Drive, Suite No. 101, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814. Please visit Christopher's memorial and sign his online guestbook at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com.