She had been in her usual state of health which was considered splendid for her advanced years and had eaten a good breakfast at her usual hour the day of her death. Until a few years ago she did all her own house work. Two or three years ago she underwent a successful operation for cataract.
The widow of the late John C. Custer who died 30 years ago, she was born in Morgan county June 3, 1861 a daughter of the late Jacob and Elizabeth Baxley Ambrose.
She was a member of the Methodist Church. Surviving are eight children -- Mrs. Mae Ware, Mrs. Jessie Folk, Mrs. Rilla Mellert, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Dora Huhn, Arlington, Va.; A. Boyd Custer, Herndon, Va.; Ralph Custer, Alexandria, Va.; Calvin Custer and Mrs. Ray R. Rice, Berkeley Springs; 30 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
The body was removed to the Hunter Funeral Home here, where services were held Sunday at 3p.m. with her pastor, the Rev. Henry H. Rowland, officiating. Burial was in Greenway Cemetery here.
Published in the Morgan Messenger in September 1956
She had been in her usual state of health which was considered splendid for her advanced years and had eaten a good breakfast at her usual hour the day of her death. Until a few years ago she did all her own house work. Two or three years ago she underwent a successful operation for cataract.
The widow of the late John C. Custer who died 30 years ago, she was born in Morgan county June 3, 1861 a daughter of the late Jacob and Elizabeth Baxley Ambrose.
She was a member of the Methodist Church. Surviving are eight children -- Mrs. Mae Ware, Mrs. Jessie Folk, Mrs. Rilla Mellert, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Dora Huhn, Arlington, Va.; A. Boyd Custer, Herndon, Va.; Ralph Custer, Alexandria, Va.; Calvin Custer and Mrs. Ray R. Rice, Berkeley Springs; 30 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
The body was removed to the Hunter Funeral Home here, where services were held Sunday at 3p.m. with her pastor, the Rev. Henry H. Rowland, officiating. Burial was in Greenway Cemetery here.
Published in the Morgan Messenger in September 1956
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Bertha Viola Custer Miller
1879–1949
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Asenath Grace Custer Yonker
1881–1926
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Bessie Elizabeth Rae Custer Kesecker
1883–1914
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Dora Maude Custer Hartley
1886–1985
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Alvin Boyd Custer
1887–1981
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Jessie Rae Pearl Custer Folk
1889–1987
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Della Frances Custer
1891–1892
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Rilla Miree Custer Mehfelt
1893–1957
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1897–1969
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Elsie Victoria Custer Rice
1899–1972
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John Ralph Custer
1901–1977
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