{"id":163856,"date":"2023-03-07T12:18:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=163856"},"modified":"2023-03-08T15:14:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T20:14:20","slug":"charles-d-custer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/03\/07\/charles-d-custer\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles D. Custer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Charles D. Custer, 67, of Van Wert, passed away at 5:12 p.m. Saturday, March 4, 2023, at Lima Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born on November 20, 1955, in Van Wert, to Allen &#8220;Whitey&#8221; and Joan (Welker) Custer, who both preceded him in death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Charlie-Custer-Pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-163857\"\/><figcaption>Charles Custer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles was a 1974 graduate of Van Wert High School. He owned and operated Custer Dump Trucking and Excavating Inc. and was co-owner of Hat Creek Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lifelong equestrian, Charlie owned and managed Bridge Creek Stables and raised cutting horses. He also participated in team penning events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlie attended Lifehouse Church. He was a Ohio State Buckeye fan and was often found at Van Wert football games. An excellent line dancer, Charlie competed in several dance competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors include his son, Adam (Liz) Custer of Van Wert; brother, Gordon &#8220;Gordy&#8221; (Malynda) Custer of Van Wert; sisters: Pam Waltmire of Van Wert; Vicki (Scott) Vonderembse of Delphos; granddaughter, Laramie Custer, whom he loved dearly, as well as two nieces and two nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his parents, Charlie was preceded in death by his niece, Brandy Hartman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 11, at St. Paul&#8217;s Reformed Church, Ohio City, with Pastor Steve Drake officiating. Interment will follow in Convoy I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Family and friends will be received from 2-8 p.m. Friday, March 10, at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home, Van Wert, and again at the church one hour prior to the funeral.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In lieu of flowers, preferred memorials: the American Heart Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online condolences may be expressed at <a href=\"https:\/\/alspachgearhart.com\">www.alspachgearhart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles D. Custer, 67, of Van Wert, passed away at 5:12 p.m. Saturday, March 4, 2023, at Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born on November 20, 1955, in Van Wert, to Allen &#8220;Whitey&#8221; and Joan (Welker) Custer, who both preceded him in death. Charles was a 1974 graduate of Van Wert High School. He owned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 23:06:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163856"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163907,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163856\/revisions\/163907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}