This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Custer, Dykstra, Ashmore Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/258 Message Board Post: Earl Leslie Ashmore Custer, 96, Sioux Falls, died Sunday in Lake Andes Health Care Center. Mr. Custer was born on April 28, 1894, in Correctionville, Iowa. He moved with his parents to a farm near Moville, Iowa, when he was 6. He served in the Second National Guard in Washington in 1916 and was stationed at the Mexican Border. In 1917, he served in France. He returned to the United States in 1919, and began farming near Moville. He farmed near Spencer, Iowa, for 13 years. He served on the school board in Gillette Grove, Iowa, when he lived in the area. In 1939, he moved to a farm near Rowena, and retired to Sioux Falls in 1960. He moved to the Lake Andes Care Center in the summer of 1989. He was a member of Rowena United Methodist Church; Wesley United Methodist Church in Sioux Falls; VFW; and was a 34-year member of First World War Veterans in Sioux Falls. He had also served as a chairman of a Boy Scout Troop while farming near Rowena. He married Jennie Dykstra Feb. 27, 1926, in Sioux City, Iowa. She died on Feb. 16, 1978. Survivors include two sons: the Rev. Paul, Wagner; and the Rev. Earle, Conway, N.H.; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Erma, St. Louis. Services will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Miller Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Hills of Rest Memorial Park (Argus Leader, 26 Jun 1990).