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Pierce J. Crouser and his wife, Edna Mae
A series of articles appeared in the Kansas City BEACON featuring Kansas City's best chefs. One was about Pierce Crouser. It said in part:
We met the "Slim Summerville" of culinary art the other day when we visited with Chef P. J. Crouser at Sol Lapin's restaurant and bar at 1713 Grand Avenue. A member of Cooks Local No. 266 for the past 12 years, Joe Crouser has been employed at Ed's Lunch since 1948, and as every newspaper man and woman in the midwest knows the hospitality of the Lapin enterprise, they know Joe, too, for his excellent cuisine. A native of West Virginia, Chef Crouser came to Kansas City from the Barney Allis hotel in Joplin in 1941. Prior to his association with the Lapin family at 1713 Grand Avenue, he worked at the Continental Hotel, the Phillips Hotel, Putsch's 210 Club, Adrian's and the Union Station. He's 56 years of age and has been "in the kitchen" as long as he can remember... "from the time I had to stand on a beer case to reach into the dishpan and scrub the dishes." He's an army veteran of World War I and spent 18 months in France. However, he did no cooking then, just plain fighting. The Crouser family lives at 2426 Drury Avenue and as this was written there were Mr. and Mrs. Crouser and three boys and five girls. However, by the time the Beacon goes to press there probably will be another Crouser added to the family rolls. There are also three granchildren. Joe says his only hobby is his home and garden, and with that many mouths to feed, we can certainly understand why. Incidently, none of the Crouser boys followed in their father's footsteps, as far as cooking is concerned, but Chef Joe says that three of his daughters are first class waitresses and it was Paw who taught 'em. Chef Crouser takes extraordinary pride in his work and says that while everybody can cook a bit and putter around the kitchen, a first class chef must have some ingenuity and imagination... it takes more than just a recipe."
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Caroline Crouser and Benjamin Funk
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Levi Crouser and Mary Ann HenryLevi Crouser was born in Clinton County, Ohio, on 13 August 1827, and died in Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, on 18 March 1886. He was in Company D 65th Indiana Infantry during the Civil War, and, apparently, when he returned to civilian life he became co-owner of a gold mine in Missouri.
Their children were:
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Louis Crouser |
Henry CrouserHenry Crouser was listed in the 1850 Federal Census of St. Louis, Missouri. He was a 30 year old laborer born in Germany. |
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