West Virginia Pioneers

Ida Faye Casto

Female 1935 - 2006  (70 years)


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  • Name Ida Faye Casto 
    Born 8 Aug 1935  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 21 Jun 2006  Washington, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens, Cross Lanes, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Charleston Gazette, The - (Jun/25/2006)

      Ida Faye Casto

      Ida Faye Casto 70, of Washington, DC peacefully departed this life in her home June 21, 2006, with her bird Tiki.
      She was born August 8, 1935 in Statts Mill, one of ten children to the late Ola and Cora E. (Rhodes) Casto. She was a 1954 graduate of Ripley High School and went on to a career of distinquished service as an executive secretary in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington DC Headquarters for nearly forty years. Not only did she continue to earn accolades and provide tireless administrative support to countless investigative teams, but she developed friendships in the Bureau that continue to this day. She was known for her generous heart, kindness and correspondences that span decades. She sponsored children overseas; enjoyed collecting stamps, music and movies; researching her family genealogy; and caring for her beloved birds.

      Survivors include her brothers Okey Casto of Scott Depot, Glenver Casto and Russel Casto both of Ripley; sister, Lorena Penland of Laurel, MD; countless nieces, nephews and friends who considered her their "Faye"vorite angel.
      She was preceded in death by her brothers, Erval H. Casto and Otmer Ralph Casto; sisters Elva Carpenter, Lyda Gaye Casto and Orpha Casto.
      Funeral services were held at 1pm Monday, June 26, 2006 at Casto Funeral Home in Evans with the Rev. Jack miller officiating. Burial followed in the Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens in Cross Lanes.
    Person ID I52070  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2006 

    Father Ola Casto,   b. 27 May 1895, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1957, Staats Mill, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Cora Edna Rhodes,   b. 1901, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 24 May 1917  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 

    • 1920 Jackson Co WV Washington Dist # 76
      Casto, Ola, 24
      Cora, 18
      Ervil, 1/12 son

      1930 Dist 13, Washington, Jackson, WV # 184 all WVWVWV
      Casto, Oley 35 m age 22
      Cora 24 m age 16
      Erval H son 10
      Ralph son 8
      Elva M da 6
      Okey L son 4.1
      Glenver C 4/12

      1940 ED 18-14 Staats Mill, Washington, Jackson, WV p16A Tug Fork Rd
      #249 rents $3, farm all born WV - same house
      Casto, Ola (ab) 44 m laborer - CCC - soil conservation
      Cora E wife 39
      Ervil H son 20
      Ralph son 18 parents born WV, speak English, Veteran - yes, SS - Yes, no, 4, farming
      Elva da 16
      Okie Leo son 14
      Glenver son 10
      Lorena Mae da 8
      Ida Fae da 4
      Russell Ray son 9/12
    Family ID F6949  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S21] Obit.

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