Casto, Howard Arthur

Passed: 1949-07-01

Age: 59

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1949-07-08

Information:                 Funeral services for Howard Arthur Casto, 59, who died at his home near Fairplain on Thursday after a long illness, were held from the church there on Sunday afternoon with the Rev. Franklin Roach officiating and the burial was in the Webster Cemetery.  Mr. Casto was born on January 9, 1890, a son of the late Ernest D. and Molly Waugh Casto.  He married Eva M. Lewis and spent his life in the Given-Fairplain communities engaging in farming.  Survivors include the widow, Eva Lewis Casto; three sons, Arthur O. and Eugene L. Casto, both of Dunbar, and Ardath E. Casto, at home; one daughter, Mrs. Louella Crane of Dunbar; four brothers, Glenn Casto of Pittsburgh, Everett and Lohan Casto, both of Canton, Ohio and Luther Casto of South Charleston; seven sisters, Mrs. Wanona Bowles of Charleston, Mrs. Dale Norris of Strasburg, Ohio, Mrs. Ada Raines of Canton, Ohio, Mrs. Lucy Sigmon of Akron, Ohio, Mrs. Leona Williams of Canton, Mrs. Laura Given of Columbus and Mrs. Carrie Ferrell of Pt. Pleasant, and one grandchild, Martha E. Casto of Dunbar.  (Betty Kessel McIntyre obit collection)