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Conard Lee Casto

Male 1929 - 1982  (53 years)


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  • Name Conard Lee Casto 
    Born 29 Jan 1929  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Aug 1982  Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 

    • U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
      Conard Lee CastoNavy Accounts Disbursing Office, Seattle, Washington 
      20 Aug 1947

      U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
      Name: Conard Casto
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 29 Jan 1929
      Death Date: 2 Aug 1982
      Cause of Death: Natural
      SSN: 234385474
      Branch 1: NAVY
      Enlistment Date 1: 31 Jul 1946
      Release Date 1: 1 Nov 1949

      Social Security Death Index about Conard L. Casto
      Name: Conard L. Casto
      SSN: 234-38-5474
      Born: 29 Jan 1929
      Died: 2 Aug 1982
      State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)

      MINGO JUNCTION, Ohio - Services for Conrad Lee Casto, 53, of Mingo Junction, formerly of Parkersburg, who died Monday at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church, Mingo Junction, Ohio.
      The Rev. George VanLeuvan will officiate with burial in New Alexander Cemetery; near Mingo Junction.
      He was a 1946 graduate of Parkersburg High School, where he was active in Thespians. He helped in the formation of the Actors Guild of Parkersburg. He served in the U.S. Naval Air Force from 1946 - 50, attended Marietta College and was assistant auditor in Jackson County Courthouse, Steubenville, Ohio, for 17 years. He later served 10 years in the Ohio State Auditor's office at Columbus. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Mingo Junction where he was ordained elder in Dec. 1981. He was a 32nd degree Mason, a member of Pilgrim Lodge 691 in Steubenville, Scottish Rite Bodies Valley of Steubenville and Alladin Shrine Club in Columbus.
      He is survived by two sons, Darrell Casto of Steubenville and Brian Casto of Mingo Junction, Ohio; a daughter, Linda Petranko of Steubenville; three grandchildren, his mother , Beryl Robinson, and a sister, Garnet Sue Lent, both of Belpre.
      His wife, Clara Mae Menzel Casto, died Jan. 1, 1982.
      Friends may all at the Hoff Funeral Home in Mingo Junction from 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m. today and at the church an hour prior to services.
      The Parkersburg News, Wednesday, 4 August 1982, pg. 12

      Burial:
      New Alexander Cemetery
      Hanoverton
      Columbiana County
      Ohio, USA
    Person ID I32154  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2012 

    Father Russell Connard\Conrad Casto,   b. 17 Apr 1903, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1979, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Beulah Beryl Baker,   b. 13 Jul 1908, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 27 Dec 1927  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
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    • Marriage Record
      Date: 12/24/1927 at Silverton
      Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
      Russel Connard Casto, 23, Jackson, Ripley
      Beryl Baker, 19, Jackson, Ravenswood

      1930 Ripley Dist, Jackson, WV
      Casto, Russel C 26
      Beryl B 21
      Conrad L 1 2/12

      1940 ED 18-7 Ripley town, Ripley, Jackson, WV p 6A
      Maple St 409 # 135 rents non-farm $15
      Casto, Russel C 36 WV - Rural Jackson WV truck driver - wholesale grocer
      Beryl wife 31 WV - Rural Jackson WV sales lady - retail drygoods
      Conard Lee son 11 WV - Rural Jackson WV
      Sue da 3 WV
      McCoy, Esterbon housekeeper f 18 s WV - Rural Putnam WV

      JCMR shows his middle name as 'Connard' - could be Conrad?
      JCBR shows C Lee Casto, 1/29/1929
    Family ID F9647  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clara Mae Menzel,   b. 15 Feb 1931, Mingo Junction, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1982  (Age 50 years) 
    Married 18 Jul 1952  Wood County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 7/18/1952
      Place: Wood Co, WV
      Conard Lee Casto, 12, 1/29/1929, Ripley WV, Parkersburg WV. Russell C & Beryl Casto
      Clara Mae Menzel, 21, 2/15/1931, Mingo Junction OH, Parkersburg, Henry & Minnie Menzel
    Children 
     1. Darrell Conard Casto,   b. 6 Aug 1953, Jefferson County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 2001  (Age 47 years)
     2. Brian Casto
     3. Linda Casto
    Family ID F25196  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Birth Records, Jackson Co, WV.

    2. [S21] Obit.

    3. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.

    4. [S654] Marriage Records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.