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Clarence Burton Casto

Male 1926 - 1997  (71 years)


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  • Name Clarence Burton Casto 
    Born 11 Mar 1926  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Dec 1997  Putnam County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Putnam County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945
      Name: Burton C. Casto
      Rank: S/1class
      Branch: United States Navy
      Birth Date: 3/11/1925
      Service Date: 3/9/1944, Great Lakes, Ill., Normandy, Southern France; Pacific Theatre,
      Parent 1 Name: Mr.
      Parent 2 Name: Mrs. G.M. Jones
      Address: 10th Ave, So Charleston, WV
      Spouse Name: Mrs. Betty Fuller Casto
      Address: 609 2nd Ave, So Charleston, WV
      Awarded Three Battle Stars
      Attended Stonewall H.S., Methodist
      State: West Virginia
      County: Kanawha

      U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
      Name: Clarence Burton Casto
      [Clarence B Casto]
      SSN: 234340754
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Birth Date: 11 Mar 1926
      Birth Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
      Death Date: 25 Dec 1997
      Father: Claudia Casto
      Mother: Bessie Withrow
      Type of Claim: Original SSN.
      Signature on SSN Card: BURTON CASTO
      Relationship of Signature: Signature name differs from NH’s name.
      Notes: Aug 1941: Name listed as CLARENCE BURTON CASTO; 22 Jan 1998: Name listed as CLARENCE B CASTO

      U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
      Name: Clarence B. Casto
      SSN: 234-34-0754
      Last Residence:
      25526 Hurricane, Putnam, West Virginia, USA
      BORN: 11 Mar 1926
      Died: 25 Dec 1997
      State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)

      U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
      Name: Clarence B Casto
      Service Info.: US NAVY WORLD WAR II
      Birth Date: 11 Mar 1926
      Death Date: 25 Dec 1997
      Cemetery: Valley View Mem Park
      Cemetery Address: 2466 Main St Hurricane, WV 25526

      U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
      Name: Clarence Casto
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 11 Mar 1926
      Death Date: 25 Dec 1997
      SSN: 234340754
      Branch 1: NAVY
      Enlistment Date 1: 9 Mar 1944
      Release Date 1: 2 Nov 1945


      Clarence Burton Casto
      Birth: Mar. 11, 1926
      Pennsylvania, USA
      Death: Dec. 25, 1997
      Hurricane
      Putnam County
      West Virginia, USA

      Clarence B. "Buzzy" Casto, 71, of Hurricane died Dec. 25, 1997, in Americare Putnam, Hurricane, after a short illness.

      He was a member of First Baptist Church, Hurricane, where he was a former head usher and past president of American Baptist Men, Teays Valley Association and the choir. He was retired from Union Carbide, South Charleston, with 43 years' service. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, a 50-year resident of Hurricane, a former member of the Putnam County Board of Education and a member of Putnam Masonic Lodge 139 and the Eastern Star, Hurricane.

      Surviving: wife, Betty F.; sons, Stephen B. of Los Angeles, James E. of Denver; sister, Frances Ann Kane of Pittsburgh; brother, Charles "Chuck" of Pittsburgh; two grandchildren; one great-grandson; several nieces and nephews.

      Service will be 11 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church, Hurricane, with the Rev. Michael Derry officiating. Burial with Masonic graveside rites will be in Valley View Cemetery, Hurricane.

      Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Chapman Funeral Home, Teays Valley. The family suggests donations to First Baptist Church of Hurricane Building Fund, 2635 Main St., Hurricane, W.Va. 25526.
      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Betty Fuller Casto (1925 - 2012)*
      *Calculated relationship
      Burial:
      Valley View Memorial Park
      Hurricane
      Putnam County
      West Virginia, USA
      Created by: Sandy Littlejohn
      Record added: Nov 05, 2010
      Find A Grave Memorial# 61177438
    Person ID I111051  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2017 

    Father Claude Roosevelt Casto,   b. 21 Jul 1905, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1961, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Bessie M Withrow,   b. 17 Feb 1909, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1980  (Age 71 years) 
    Divorced Between 1925 and 1930 
    Married 1 Jun 1925  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 6/1/1925
      Place: Kanawha, West Virginia, United States
      Claudis Casto, 21, Jackson Co, Kanawha Co
      Bessie Withrow, 16, Kanawha Co, Kanawha Co

      1930 Charleston, Kanawha, WV
      Withrow, Andrew J 42 md age 20 WV WV WV
      Edith wife 44 md age 22 WV WV WV
      Casto, Bessie da 21 md age 16 WV WV WV
      Burton gs 4 PA WV WV
      Withrow, Other son 14 WV WV WV

      1940 Charleston, Kanawha, WV
      Higginbotham, Haddy 46 WV 1935: lived same place
      Bessie M wife 32 WV 1935: lived same place
      Casto, Burton ss 14 PA 1935: lived same place

      U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
      Name: Bessie Withrow
      Gender: Female
      Spouse: Claudia Casto
      Child: Clarence Burton Casto
    Family ID F28228  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Betty Flo Fuller,   b. 11 Sep 1925, Erie Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 2012, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 22 Sep 1945  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 9/22/1945 at South Charleston
      Place: Kanawha, WV
      Clarence Burton Casto, 19, Penna; Charleston, WV
      Betty Flo Fuller, 19, Penna; So Charleston WV
    Family ID F28229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S399] SSDI.

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