Submitted by: Dan Rich

Paul Edwin Custer

July 25, 1908 - July 14, 1994

South Bend Tribune 7/17/1994

SOUTH BEND - Paul Edwin Custer, 85, of Bradenton, Fla., formerly of South Bend, died Thursday in Bay Front Hospital, St. Petersburg, Fla. Mr. Custer was employed by the U.S. Post Office as a superintendent of a substation, retiring in 1967. He was born July 25, 1908, in Mishawaka, and lived in South Bend until 1968, when he moved to Florida.

On June 11, 1931, in Elkhart, he married Jeanne Sager. She died Dec. 20, 1990. Surviving are two daughters, Nancy Collins and Mary Ann McFarland, both of Mishawaka; a son, Robert E. of Canon City, Colo.; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a brother, Harry of South Bend. He was a member of St. Joseph Lodge 45 F & AM and a former member of Grace United Methodist Church.

There will be no service or visitation. Cremation will take place. Burial will be in Florida. National Cremation Service, Sarasota, is in charge of arrangements.