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Howard Edward Custer

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Howard Edward Custer

Birth
Death
25 Apr 2004 (aged 60)
Burial
Mount Clinton, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Harrisonburg Daily News Record
April 27, 2004

Howard Edward Custer, 60, a resident of 1221 Whitmore Shop Road, Harrisonburg, died April 25, 2004, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for the past week.

Mr. Custer was born on Feb. 13, 1944, and was the son of the late Wade H. and Ruby Gladwell Custer.

He worked for Highway Motors and Hartman Motors for 27 years. He also worked at Harrisonburg Honda for six years until his health would no longer allow him to work.

He was an avid Redskins fan, avid hunter and enjoyed playing softball. He was a member of the Mount Clinton Church of God.

On June 5,1965, he married the former Marie Sine, who died Aug. 13, 1975. On May 19, 1990, he married the former Elizabeth Taylor, who survives.

Also surviving are a daughter, Tina Marie Custer and her friend, Dwight Bollman; a son, Gerald Wayne Custer and his wife, Sue, Timberville; a sister, Zelma Keene and her husband, Carl, Harrisonburg; one brother, Roy S. Custer, Mount Clinton; a sister-in-law, Nancy S. Custer, Clover Hill; two stepgrandchildren, Blake Miller and Brynn Miller.

The Revs. Jesse Booth, Kenneth Barnes, Wayne Powell, Wayne Taylor, and Roger Chandler will conduct a funeral service Thursday at 2 p.m. at the McMullen Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial will follow at Mount Clinton Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 until 9 at the McMullen Funeral Home, Harrisonburg.

Friends may also call at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor, 35 Betts Road, Harrisonburg, where Mrs. Custer will be staying until after the funeral service.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Clover Hill Fire and Rescue, 2100 Clover Hill Road, Dayton, Va. 22821, Rockingham Memorial Hospital Cancer Center, 100 East Grace Street, Harrisonburg, Va. 22801, Dialysis Center, Patient Emergency Fund, c/o Gambro Health Care, 847 Cantrell Ave., Harrisonburg, Va. 22801.
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
April 27, 2004

Howard Edward Custer, 60, a resident of 1221 Whitmore Shop Road, Harrisonburg, died April 25, 2004, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for the past week.

Mr. Custer was born on Feb. 13, 1944, and was the son of the late Wade H. and Ruby Gladwell Custer.

He worked for Highway Motors and Hartman Motors for 27 years. He also worked at Harrisonburg Honda for six years until his health would no longer allow him to work.

He was an avid Redskins fan, avid hunter and enjoyed playing softball. He was a member of the Mount Clinton Church of God.

On June 5,1965, he married the former Marie Sine, who died Aug. 13, 1975. On May 19, 1990, he married the former Elizabeth Taylor, who survives.

Also surviving are a daughter, Tina Marie Custer and her friend, Dwight Bollman; a son, Gerald Wayne Custer and his wife, Sue, Timberville; a sister, Zelma Keene and her husband, Carl, Harrisonburg; one brother, Roy S. Custer, Mount Clinton; a sister-in-law, Nancy S. Custer, Clover Hill; two stepgrandchildren, Blake Miller and Brynn Miller.

The Revs. Jesse Booth, Kenneth Barnes, Wayne Powell, Wayne Taylor, and Roger Chandler will conduct a funeral service Thursday at 2 p.m. at the McMullen Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial will follow at Mount Clinton Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 until 9 at the McMullen Funeral Home, Harrisonburg.

Friends may also call at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor, 35 Betts Road, Harrisonburg, where Mrs. Custer will be staying until after the funeral service.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Clover Hill Fire and Rescue, 2100 Clover Hill Road, Dayton, Va. 22821, Rockingham Memorial Hospital Cancer Center, 100 East Grace Street, Harrisonburg, Va. 22801, Dialysis Center, Patient Emergency Fund, c/o Gambro Health Care, 847 Cantrell Ave., Harrisonburg, Va. 22801.

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s/o Wade & Ruby Gladwell Custer



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  • Originally Created by: JAC
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62482113/howard_edward-custer: accessed ), memorial page for Howard Edward Custer (13 Feb 1944–25 Apr 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 62482113, citing Mount Clinton Mennonite Church Cemetery, Mount Clinton, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Shock (contributor 47473371).