OBIT: Clara E. (KENNELL) CUSTER, 1973, Berlin, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ MRS. SAMUEL E. CUSTER Mrs. Clara E. Custer, 86, of Berlin RD 4, died Aug. 14, 1973. Born Feb. 7, 1887, in Fairhope Township, she was a daughter of the late Norman and Lydia (Poorbaugh) Kennell. She was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel E. Custer, in 1943, and a son, John. Surviving are these children: Mrs. Phyllis Hoppert, Berlin; Leonard, Inglewood, Calif.; Kenneth, Berlin; Mrs. Walter (Leona) Miller, Jerome; Russell, Mrs. Earl (Helen) Miller, Mrs. Edison (Evelyn) Baughman and Melvin Custer, all of Berlin RD; and Mrs. Eugene (Faye) Saylor, Rockville, Md.; 38 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Tessie McCord, Monroeville. She was a member of Salem Brethren Church. Funeral service was held Friday afternoon in Johnson and Son Funeral Home, Berlin, with Rev Kenneth R. Blough officiating. Interment in Berlin IOOF Cemetery. Meyersdale Republican, August 23, 1973 [C1343]