OBIT: Francis CUSTER, 1943, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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FRANCIS CUSTER

Aged Fugitive From County Home Frozen to Death

  Francis Custer, 87, formerly of Fort Hill, was found dead Tuesday evening in a 
field near the Somerset County Home, his face frozen in the ground.  Custer had 
been missing from the institution since Nov. 4, but Coroner P. S. Dosch, who 
conducted an investigation, said the man had been dead only since Saturday.
  The coroner expressed the belief that Custer, weak and near exhaustion, fell 
as he was enroute to the home, and that he was unable to get up again.  The 
coroner listed death as due to exposure and suffocation.
  The aged man has no known relatives and funeral services and burial took place 
at the county home.  Authorities plan to continue their investigation in an 
effort to determine where Custer spent the time after walking away from the 
institution early in the month.

Meyersdale Republican, November 25, 1943