Custard, Richard L. 1926-2004

CUSTARD, MCQUADE, BLOM

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Date: 6/24/2005 at 20:57:12

MARSHALLTOWN -- Richard Lloyd Custard, 77, of Iowa Veteran's Home in Marshalltown died Friday, Jan. 16, at Veteran's Hospital in Iowa City.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton with the Rev. Cathleen Bascom of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Newton officiating. Burial will be at Newton Union Cemetery.

Friends may call today at the funeral home where the family will be available from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials will be accepted in his name to Izaak Walton League or to the American Diabetes Association.

The son of Harry A. and Hazel (McQuade) Custard, he was born Aug. 26, 1926, in Trenton, Mo. He attended school in Trenton. On Oct. 11, 1957, he married Wanda Ruth Blom in Kellogg. He worked for the sewer department for the city of Newton as assistant superintendent for 34 years. He retired in 1988. He enjoyed fishing and woodworking and was a member of the American Legion Newton Post NO. 111, V.F.W. Newton Post No. 1655. He served in the United States Army during World War II.

Survivors include his wife; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Virginia McAtee of Trenton, Mo., Laveral and Norman Hess of Kansas City, Mo., and Mary Lou and Thomas Elwood of Russville, Mo.; and a sister-in-law, Nancy Custard of Galesburg.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, James Henry Custard and Donald Custard; and an infant sister, Sarah Custard.

Newton Daily News, Tuesday, January 20, 2004