Herb Custer passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on August 17, 2023. After 90 years, his enormous heart finally rested, and he was ready to go, with fair winds and following seas.
Herbert Frederick Custer Jr. was born April 3,1933, in Hartford, Conn., into a loving family, the second child of Herbert Frederick Custer Sr. and Claire McFetridge Custer …
Between 1960 and 1968, he taught at Old Lyme High School, and spent summers operating a charter fishing business out of New London and Niantic …
His burial service will be private. A public celebration of life will be held when the tide and seas are favorable.
Visit this link to read the full obituary published Aug. 20, 2023 by The Martha’s Vineyard Times.