OBIT: Walter R. CUSTER, 1999, Somerset, 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/ _______________________________________________ CUSTER Waiter R. Custer, 85, of Bopie Lane, Somerset, died Jan. 9, 1999, at Somerset Hospital. Born June 26, 1913, in Pittsburgh, son of Walter P. and Mary (Ryan) Custer. Preceded in death by parents, sister Rona Custer and brother Kenneth. Survived by wife of 68 years, the former Pauline A. Pletcher and these children: Mrs. Richard (Helen Joan) Baer, Osage, Iowa; Robert R. (married to Adena Miller), Somerset; and Mrs. Larry (Judith) Gnagey, Fort Myers, Fla.; also 12 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Brother of Kathleen Bethel of El Centro, Calif. Veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II and Korea. Retired employee of Somerset State Hospital. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday at Miller Funeral Home Somerset, where funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Rev. Roger Forty officiating. Interment, St. John's Cemetery, Somerset. Daily American, January 11, 1999 [C1414]