Services for Edna Mae Howard DeCastro, age 84, were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 1991, at the First Baptist Church in Lusk with Rev. Muriel Michaels and Dr. George Osborne officiating. Burial was in the Lusk Cemetery.
DeCastro died Sunday evening at her home in Lusk. She was born Dec. 29, 1906, in ///, Neb., the third child of Harry and Neletta Howard. The Howard family moved to Atkinson, Neb., in 1910 and to Manville, Wyo., in 1918. She lived in Manville until her marriage to Abdon DeCastro on Jan. 18, 1930.
She and Ab made their home in Lusk with the exception of four years during World War II, when they moved to Bremerton, Wash.
She attended grade school and high school in Manville, graduating in 1924. After graduation she taught school in several places throughout Niobrara County.
In 1932, she was elected County Superintendent of Schools and served for one term. Following that one term, Edna and Ab built their motel which they operated together until Ab's death in 1981. Edna continued to operate it until the time of her death.
She was active in the First Baptist Church of Lusk. Over the years she taught Sunday School, sang in the choir and played the piano and the organ for church services.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and two brothers, Ransom and Ralph Howard.
Survivors include two brothers, Robert and Ross Howard; two sisters, Emma Richardson and Erma Keenan; three children, Dolores Welty, Howard DeCastro and Edward DeCastro; five grandchildren, Ryan and Dara Welty, Catherine and Howard DeCastro Jr. and Cris DeCastro; one great-grandchild, Amanda Marie DeCastro; plus numerous other relatives and friends.
DeCastro died Sunday evening at her home in Lusk. She was born Dec. 29, 1906, in ///, Neb., the third child of Harry and Neletta Howard. The Howard family moved to Atkinson, Neb., in 1910 and to Manville, Wyo., in 1918. She lived in Manville until her marriage to Abdon DeCastro on Jan. 18, 1930.
She and Ab made their home in Lusk with the exception of four years during World War II, when they moved to Bremerton, Wash.
She attended grade school and high school in Manville, graduating in 1924. After graduation she taught school in several places throughout Niobrara County.
In 1932, she was elected County Superintendent of Schools and served for one term. Following that one term, Edna and Ab built their motel which they operated together until Ab's death in 1981. Edna continued to operate it until the time of her death.
She was active in the First Baptist Church of Lusk. Over the years she taught Sunday School, sang in the choir and played the piano and the organ for church services.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and two brothers, Ransom and Ralph Howard.
Survivors include two brothers, Robert and Ross Howard; two sisters, Emma Richardson and Erma Keenan; three children, Dolores Welty, Howard DeCastro and Edward DeCastro; five grandchildren, Ryan and Dara Welty, Catherine and Howard DeCastro Jr. and Cris DeCastro; one great-grandchild, Amanda Marie DeCastro; plus numerous other relatives and friends.
Services for Edna Mae Howard DeCastro, age 84, were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 1991, at the First Baptist Church in Lusk with Rev. Muriel Michaels and Dr. George Osborne officiating. Burial was in the Lusk Cemetery.
DeCastro died Sunday evening at her home in Lusk. She was born Dec. 29, 1906, in ///, Neb., the third child of Harry and Neletta Howard. The Howard family moved to Atkinson, Neb., in 1910 and to Manville, Wyo., in 1918. She lived in Manville until her marriage to Abdon DeCastro on Jan. 18, 1930.
She and Ab made their home in Lusk with the exception of four years during World War II, when they moved to Bremerton, Wash.
She attended grade school and high school in Manville, graduating in 1924. After graduation she taught school in several places throughout Niobrara County.
In 1932, she was elected County Superintendent of Schools and served for one term. Following that one term, Edna and Ab built their motel which they operated together until Ab's death in 1981. Edna continued to operate it until the time of her death.
She was active in the First Baptist Church of Lusk. Over the years she taught Sunday School, sang in the choir and played the piano and the organ for church services.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and two brothers, Ransom and Ralph Howard.
Survivors include two brothers, Robert and Ross Howard; two sisters, Emma Richardson and Erma Keenan; three children, Dolores Welty, Howard DeCastro and Edward DeCastro; five grandchildren, Ryan and Dara Welty, Catherine and Howard DeCastro Jr. and Cris DeCastro; one great-grandchild, Amanda Marie DeCastro; plus numerous other relatives and friends.
DeCastro died Sunday evening at her home in Lusk. She was born Dec. 29, 1906, in ///, Neb., the third child of Harry and Neletta Howard. The Howard family moved to Atkinson, Neb., in 1910 and to Manville, Wyo., in 1918. She lived in Manville until her marriage to Abdon DeCastro on Jan. 18, 1930.
She and Ab made their home in Lusk with the exception of four years during World War II, when they moved to Bremerton, Wash.
She attended grade school and high school in Manville, graduating in 1924. After graduation she taught school in several places throughout Niobrara County.
In 1932, she was elected County Superintendent of Schools and served for one term. Following that one term, Edna and Ab built their motel which they operated together until Ab's death in 1981. Edna continued to operate it until the time of her death.
She was active in the First Baptist Church of Lusk. Over the years she taught Sunday School, sang in the choir and played the piano and the organ for church services.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and two brothers, Ransom and Ralph Howard.
Survivors include two brothers, Robert and Ross Howard; two sisters, Emma Richardson and Erma Keenan; three children, Dolores Welty, Howard DeCastro and Edward DeCastro; five grandchildren, Ryan and Dara Welty, Catherine and Howard DeCastro Jr. and Cris DeCastro; one great-grandchild, Amanda Marie DeCastro; plus numerous other relatives and friends.
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