Starcher, Flotella Casto

Passed: 2011-07-29

Age: 83

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 2011-08-02

Information: GIVEN - Flotella Casto Starcher, 83, of Given, West Virginia, passed away the morning of July 29, 2011 after a long illness at the Dunbar Care and Rehabilitation Center.  She was a homemaker and lived most of her life on the farm.  Flotella was born May 12, 1928 in Putnam County to Kermit and Iva Sargent Casto.  After her marriage to Floyd Harold Starcher, they lived on her family farm on Eighteen Mile Creek until the last few years.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Floyd H. Starcher; son, James Lloyd Starcher; and brothers, Boyd Farrel and Troy Dennis Casto.      Left to cherish her memory are her children, Dennis (Virginia) Starcher of Given and Particia (Dana) Page of Dunbar.  She has three grandchildren, Christinia (James) Spaulding of Nitro, Mindy (Tom) Moore of Dunbar and Milly Page of Dunbar.  She also leaves two great-grandchildren, Andrew and Abilgale Moore of Dunbar.  She was a Christian and a member of Moss Chapel Methodist Church and attended Emma Chapel United Methodist Church and Starcher Baptist Church.  She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.  She will be greatly missed.  The funeral service was held Sunday, July 31, at 2 p.m. at Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley, with Pastor Thomas A. Moore officiating.  Burial followed in the Emma Chapel Cemetery, Liberty.  Friends called at the funeral home Sunday two hours prior to the service.  The family would like to thank the staff at Dunbar Care and Rehabilitation Center and Hospice Care.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Flotella's name to the Emma Chapel Cemetery Fund, 900 Divide Ridge Road, Kenna WV 25248 or Kanawha Hospice Care, 1606 Kanawha Boulevard West, Charleston WV 25312.