Born in Swanton, September 6, 1876, he was a son of the late Richard and Alice (Stanton) Custer and lived his entire life in Garrett County. He moved from North Glade, where he had been a farmer all of his life to a smaller farm near Oakland.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Melissa (Warnick) Custer; three daughters, Mrs. Edna Bernard, Mrs. Pearl Brenneman and Mrs. Bernie Beachy, all of Swanton; one son, Heyward S. Custer, Oakland; one sister, Mrs. Jane Gimble, Beckley, W. Va.; two brothers, Thomas S. Custer, Oakland, and R. Ray Custer, Swanton; 25 grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren.
The body is at the Leighton funeral Home, Oakland, where the family will receive friends tomorrow and Friday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Services will be conducted by Rev. Clarence Winkler, pastor of the North Glade Methodist Church, there, Saturday at 2 p.m. He will be assisted by Rev. J. C. Skipper, pastor of the Sand Flat Assembly of God.
Interment will be in the Fitzwater Cemetery, North Glade.
SOURCE: The Cumberland Evening Times; Cumberland, Maryland; Wednesday, August 1, 1962; page 26.
(Courtesy of Wendy Mammoliti)
Posted November 30, 2013
(SOURCE) http://www.ourbrickwalls.com/subpage31.html
Born in Swanton, September 6, 1876, he was a son of the late Richard and Alice (Stanton) Custer and lived his entire life in Garrett County. He moved from North Glade, where he had been a farmer all of his life to a smaller farm near Oakland.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Melissa (Warnick) Custer; three daughters, Mrs. Edna Bernard, Mrs. Pearl Brenneman and Mrs. Bernie Beachy, all of Swanton; one son, Heyward S. Custer, Oakland; one sister, Mrs. Jane Gimble, Beckley, W. Va.; two brothers, Thomas S. Custer, Oakland, and R. Ray Custer, Swanton; 25 grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren.
The body is at the Leighton funeral Home, Oakland, where the family will receive friends tomorrow and Friday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Services will be conducted by Rev. Clarence Winkler, pastor of the North Glade Methodist Church, there, Saturday at 2 p.m. He will be assisted by Rev. J. C. Skipper, pastor of the Sand Flat Assembly of God.
Interment will be in the Fitzwater Cemetery, North Glade.
SOURCE: The Cumberland Evening Times; Cumberland, Maryland; Wednesday, August 1, 1962; page 26.
(Courtesy of Wendy Mammoliti)
Posted November 30, 2013
(SOURCE) http://www.ourbrickwalls.com/subpage31.html
Family Members
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Mary Florence Custer Schlossnagle
1878–1954
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Albert Bruce Custer
1880–1910
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Anna Belle Custer Garlitz
1883–1959
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Ralph Osborn Custer
1885–1930
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Alice Jane "Jennie" Custer Gamble
1887–1981
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Della May Custer
1889–1951
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Thomas Stanton Custer
1891–1967
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Sherman Boyd Custer
1894–1918
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Richard Ray Custer
1896–1976
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