Casto, Jennings Barrickman

Passed: 1936-05-22

Age: 76

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1936-05-29

Information: ILLNESS FATAL TO J. B. CASTO - Jennings Barrickman Casto, 76 years old, died last Friday at his home in Spencer.  He had been seriously ill for some time.  During the past four months he had been confined to his home. Mr. Casto served two terms as mayor of Spencer and was active in Democratic circles and was widely known in this section of the state. He was born in Jackson county, but for the past fifty years, had been a resident of Spencer.  He was a member of the Presbyterian church.      Surviving are one son, Dr. Clay C. Casto of Cleveland; two daughters, Mrs. J. C. Weaver and Mrs. Corinne Whiting, both of Spencer; one brother, Dr. H. L. Casto, and one sister, Mrs. Dayton Rhodes, both of Spencer.  The funeral services were held at two o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Vandale funeral home in Spencer with Rev. J. F. Baxter of Glenville and Rev. J. E. Brown of Spencer in charge and burial was in the Spencer cemetery.  A number of relatives from Ripley and other points in Jackson county attended the funeral.