OBIT: Ferne E. (Custer) CHRISTNER, 2008, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  CHRISTNER, Ferne E.  09/10/08    Daily American
  
    Ferne E. Christner, 87, Phoenix, Ariz., died Aug. 15, 2008, at her home. She was born
  in 1921, in Brothersvalley Township, the daughter of the late Charles and Melda (Pritts)
  Custer. Preceded in death by her husband, Albert Paul Christner; brothers, Robert and Roy
  Custer; sisters-in-law, Fern and Pat Custer; brother in- law, John Thomas. Survived by
  daughters, Jean C. Morrisey, Ava, Mo.; Marilyn C. Bloxham, Phoenix, Ariz.; 12
  grandchildren; brothers, Dale, Paul and Lynn Custer, all of Berlin; Donald Custer,
  Harrisonburg, Va.; sisters, Mrs. John (Betty) Thomas, Elkton, Md.; Mrs. John (Alma)
  Kurtz, Lucas, Ohio; sisters- in-law, Carol, Etta, Bernice and Rose Ann Custer. Moving to
  Dover, she became a member of the Pentecostal Church. She worked for years at the ILC
  Factory in Dover, during that time, she was a supervisor for the Space Engineering
  Division on the fitting and sewing of the first "space suits" for the astronauts that
  walked on the moon. After retirement, the family moved to Arizona. No viewing or
  visitation. Arrangements by the Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin. Her ashes will be placed
  beside her loving husband, Paul, in the Berlin Cemetery