Allegheny County PA Archives Obituaries.....Cairns,  Miriam Custis  March 30, 2002
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The Valley News Dispatch on Mar. 31, 2002
Miriam Custis Cairns, 88, of Cranberry, formerly of Natrona Heights, Harrison,
died Saturday (March 30, 2002) at St. Francis Nursing Center, Cranberry.
She was born Sept. 5, 1913, in Finley, Ohio, and spent most of her youth in
Ohio. As a teacher and later as a minister's wife, she lived in several
locations in Ohio and Pennsylvania, including Natrona Heights, where she lived
many years. A 1930 graduate of Toronto High School in Ohio, she received a two-
year teacher training diploma from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. In
1934 she graduated from Adrian College, Michigan, where she received a degree in
English and Latin, and was president of Tri-Delta Sorority. She taught in the
Highlands School District and at Amity High School in Ohio. Mrs. Cairns was a
member for more than 50 years of Grace United Methodist Church, Natrona Heights,
where her husband was a former pastor; Tarentum Book Club; Pennsylvania Teachers
Association; Eastern Star for more than 50 years; and charter member of the
Women's Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church. She was
involved in Christian education programs for children, mission work, summer
camps for troubled youth and Bible study. For 38 years, she led the Junior
Church Program at Grace United Methodist Church. With her husband, she also
served at Central United Methodist Church in Beaver Falls and the Bairdford
United Methodist Church in West Deer. Surviving her is a daughter, Cathy Cairns
of Ambridge. She was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Dr. Robert
Harlan Cairns, in 1994; her parents, the Rev. Dwight Lyman and Nettie Belle
Hughes Custis; and a brother, Robert Custis. Relatives and friends will be
received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the ROBERT PETERS FUNERAL HOME
INC., 1521 Freeport Road, Natrona Heights. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday
at Grace United Methodist Church, Natrona Heights, with the Rev. Lee A. Moore
officiating. Private burial will be at Mount Airy Cemetery, Natrona Heights.
Memorial contributions can be made to Grace United Methodist Church, 1333
Freeport Road, Natrona Heights, PA 15065.

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