On Nov. 27th, 1905, near Dale Enterprise, Rockingham county, Virginia, of peritonitis, Solomon Custer, aged 53y. 3m. 11d. In early life he was married to Sophia E. Parret, youngest sister of the late Pre. Philip H. Parret, of Chambersburg, Md. Dec. 30th, 1888, he, with 44 others, united with the Mennonite church at Weavers M. H., which followed as the result of the first series of meetings held within the boundaries of the Virginia Conference. His death comes as a great shock to the entire community in which he has lived since early boyhood, and as a severe blow to a family of wife and 10 children, which survive him. He was taken very sick late in the evening of the 25th while returning from the home of his daughter, Sister Mary V. Wenger, where he had spent the day helping to butcher, the attack having come on so suddenly and with such severity that it was with great difficulty that he reached home. The doctors pronounced the case peritonitis in such form that he, as well as the family, were told that the case was a hopeless one. While in the midst of great bodily suffering, he told his family not to grieve for him, that so far as his departure was concerned, all was well and that he was ready to go. After signing his will and commending the care of his wife to one of his sons, he gradually sank into the embrace of death, the end coming within 36 hours after the time of his first attack.
The funeral was held on the 29th from Weavers M. H., of which congregation he has for the past 17 years remained a faithful member. Services by Jos. F. & L. J. Heatwole.
(courtesy of Norma)
The funeral was held on the 29th from Weavers M. H., of which congregation he has for the past 17 years remained a faithful member. Services by Jos. F. & L. J. Heatwole.
(courtesy of Norma)
On Nov. 27th, 1905, near Dale Enterprise, Rockingham county, Virginia, of peritonitis, Solomon Custer, aged 53y. 3m. 11d. In early life he was married to Sophia E. Parret, youngest sister of the late Pre. Philip H. Parret, of Chambersburg, Md. Dec. 30th, 1888, he, with 44 others, united with the Mennonite church at Weavers M. H., which followed as the result of the first series of meetings held within the boundaries of the Virginia Conference. His death comes as a great shock to the entire community in which he has lived since early boyhood, and as a severe blow to a family of wife and 10 children, which survive him. He was taken very sick late in the evening of the 25th while returning from the home of his daughter, Sister Mary V. Wenger, where he had spent the day helping to butcher, the attack having come on so suddenly and with such severity that it was with great difficulty that he reached home. The doctors pronounced the case peritonitis in such form that he, as well as the family, were told that the case was a hopeless one. While in the midst of great bodily suffering, he told his family not to grieve for him, that so far as his departure was concerned, all was well and that he was ready to go. After signing his will and commending the care of his wife to one of his sons, he gradually sank into the embrace of death, the end coming within 36 hours after the time of his first attack.
The funeral was held on the 29th from Weavers M. H., of which congregation he has for the past 17 years remained a faithful member. Services by Jos. F. & L. J. Heatwole.
(courtesy of Norma)
The funeral was held on the 29th from Weavers M. H., of which congregation he has for the past 17 years remained a faithful member. Services by Jos. F. & L. J. Heatwole.
(courtesy of Norma)
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