Carter, Pearl Irene (1914 - 2014)

CARTER, HULSEBUS, MIELKE, HANSEN, FUESTER, SPEAKE, LEWIS

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 4/18/2014 at 13:06:35

Name of deceased: Pearl Irene (nee Hulsebus) Custer

Aged: 100 yrs, 2 mo, 6 days

Residence: Woodbine, IA

Born: Jan. 27, 1914, Ortonville, MN

Died: April 2, 2014, Woodbine, IA

Funeral services: Monday, April 7, 2014, Fouts Funeral Home, Woodbine, IA. Burial was at Woodbine Cemetery, Woodbine, IA.

Survived by: children, Jackie Vern Custer of Logan, IA, Billy Ray (spouse, Ruby) Custer of Soldier, IA, Kay Irene (spouse, Virgil) Speake of Fountain Hills, AZ, and Paula Ann (spouse, Tom) Lewis of Logan, IA; daughter-in-law, Josette Custer of Lohrville, IA; 9 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, John Albert and Pauline Wilimina (nee Mielke) Hulsebus; husband, Gerald Custer (deceased May 23, 2011); infant daughter; son, Kenneth Custer; great-grandchildren, Jessica Custer and Cory Custer; siblings, Mildred Hansen, Cynthia Fuester, Violet, John, Ivan, and Ray Hulsebus

Education: attended country school in Shelby County, IA, through grade 4; continued her education in the Harlan (IA) schools through grade 9; graduated from Defiance (IA) High School, Class of 1932

Religious affiliation: Became a member of the Woodbine United Methodist Church in 1942, serving as a Sunday school teacher and Bible school teacher; was a member of the Women's Society, serving as president several times and was chairman of the Usher Committee for 20 years

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Gerald Custer; Nov. 30, 1934; location not provided

Employment: Homemaker

Hobbies/Interests: an excellent cook; an avid reader (with Edgar Allen Poe being one of her favorite writers); involved in many community projects. Pearl was president of the music parents committee several times and served as treasurer for the Senior Citizens Center for 12 years.

Sources: enterprisepub.com; foutsfuneralhome.com