West Virginia Pioneers
Starling Denny Casto

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Name Starling Denny Casto Born 18 Aug 1908 [1] Gender Male Died 4 Apr 1998 Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, USA [2]
Buried Fairplain, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Notes
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Starling D Casto
Birth Year: 1908
Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: West Virginia
State of Residence: West Virginia
Enlistment Date: 11 Jan 1945
Enlistment State: Virginia
Enlistment City: Huntington West
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Retail managers
Marital Status: Married
Height: 00
Weight: 006
World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945
Name: Starling Dennie Casto
Rank: Private First Class
Branch: United States Army
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1908
Service Date: 9 Jan 1944, Camp Wolters, Tex., Seattle, Wash.
Parent 1 Name: Mr.
Parent 2 Name: Mrs. James C. Casto
Address: Ripley, WV
Spouse Name: Mrs. Thelma Casto
Address: Ripley, WV
Attended Jackson County schools, Baptist
State: West Virginia
County: Jackson
The Jackson Herald Apr 6, 1945
Pvt Starling Casto, who until the time he entered the service, was a well known grocer and business man in Ripley, is now stationed at Seattle, Washington, where he has been since being transferred to thtat place from Texas. His wife and three children live at Ripley, WV.
Starling Denny Casto
RIPLEY - Starling Denny Casto, 89, of Ripley died April 4, 1998, in Jackson General Hospital.
He was owner and operator of Casto's Supermarket for over 30 years, member of Ripley Baptist Temple and American Legion, and was an Army veteran of World War II.
Surviving: wife, Thelma Casto; daughters, Emma Catherine Hancock and Sue Ann Hartley, both of Parkersburg, Lenora Sutphin of Huntington; three grandchildren.
Service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Ripley Baptist Temple with the Rev. Mike Norris officiating. Burial will be in Fairplain Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Vail Funeral Home, Ripley.
Social Security Death Index
Name: Starling D. Casto
SSN: 232-28-4425
Last Residence: 25271 Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, United States of America
Born: 18 Aug 1908
Died: 4 Apr 1998
State (Year) SSN issued: North Carolina or West Virginia (Before 1951)
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Starling Denny Casto
Service Info.: PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1908
Death Date: 4 Apr 1998
Cemetery: Fairplain Cem
Cemetery Address: Ripley, WV 25271
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
Name: Starling D Casto
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1908
Address: 209 3rd Ave, Ripley, WV, 25271-1527 (1995)
Person ID I497 WVPioneers Last Modified 12 Jan 2011
Father James Curtis Casto, b. 28 Dec 1874, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 26 Dec 1912 (Age 37 years)
Mother Emma Gray Robey, b. 19 Oct 1886, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 12 Oct 1967, Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, USA
(Age 80 years)
Married 16 Nov 1907 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [3]
Notes
1910 Ripley Dist 50, Jackson, WV # 139-142 April 22
Charleston Pike all born WVWVWV
Casto, James C 30 m2- 2y
Emma wife 23 m1- 2y 1-1 child
Starling son 1 7/12
1920 Jackson, WV
living with Isaac and Catherine
Emma, 36, div
Starling, 11, son
[Francis A Casto lives next door]
1930 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 138-140
Casto, Emma 44 wd WVWVWV
Starling son 21 s WVWVWV
1940 ED 18-8, Ripley, Jackson, WV p 3B Bottom between Rt 5 and Cottageville Rd
#54 owns $2500 not farm
Casto, Emma 53 wd WV same house
Starling son 31 m WV same house
Thelma dil 30 m WV Bell Grove, Jackson, WV
Emma K gd 7 WV Same house
Sue Ann gd 5 WV same house
Robie, Minnie sister 49 s WV same house
Family ID F125 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Ada Virginia Staats, b. 8 Jan 1909, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 30 Oct 1936 (Age 27 years)
Married 9 Dec 1931 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [3]
Notes
Marriage Record
Jackson county, WV
Date of Marriage: 12/9/19311 at Ravenswood
Starling Casto, 23, Jackson Co, WV; Ripley, WV
Ada Virginia Staats, 22, Jackson Co, WV; Ripley, WV
1940 ED 18-8, Ripley, Jackson, WV p 3B Bottom between Rt 5 and Cottageville Rd
#54 owns $2500 not farm
Casto, Emma 53 wd WV same house
Starling son 31 m WV same house
Thelma dil 30 m WV Bell Grove, Jackson, WV
Emma K gd 7 WV Same house
Sue Ann gd 5 WV same house
Robie, Minnie sister 49 s WV same house
Children 1. Emma Catherine Casto 2. Sue Ann Casto Family ID F129 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Thelma Myrtle Rhodes, b. 15 Feb 1910, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 14 Oct 2002, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
(Age 92 years)
Married 20 May 1939 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [3]
Notes
1940 ED 18-8, Ripley, Jackson, WV p 3B Bottom between Rt 5 and Cottageville Rd
#54 owns $2500 not farm
Casto, Emma 53 wd WV same house
Starling son 31 m WV same house
Thelma dil 30 m WV Bell Grove, Jackson, WV
Emma K gd 7 WV Same house
Sue Ann gd 5 WV same house
Robie, Minnie sister 49 s WV same house
JCBR:
Lenore Lee, 11/11/1940
Children 1. Lenore Lee Casto Family ID F130 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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