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     Clara Staniszewski was buried at Assumption Cemetery and Mausoleum, 2401 Court Street, Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York.² Her Social Security Number was 13-41-24663.¹ Her married name was Poff.³ She married Oscar Herman Poff, son of George Cabbel Poff and Alice Emaline Radford.³ Clara Staniszewski was born on March 13, 1919 at Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York.^1,4 She died on March 24, 1979 at Onondaga Co., New York, at age 60.^1,4

     Her married name was Poff.¹ Nicolena Unknown married Oscar Herman Poff, son of George Cabbel Poff and Alice Emaline Radford.^1,2 Nicolena Unknown A Penneville woman was found stabbed to death with a screw driver early today in a country tavern she and her husband operated near this Oswego County hamlet. Before noon, state police investigators had arrested a 23 year old man and charged him with the robbery-slaying. The victim was identified as Mrs. Nicolena Poff, 55, who resided in a home near the three unit business. Investigators identified the suspect as Timothy K. Monette, who lives in a home less than a mile from the Poff business. Both his home, and the Poff property are in Sandridge Road. Capt. Warren B Surdam, who headed the investigation, said Monette was to be arraigned later today on a charg of first degree murder. He said more than $100 was missing from the tavern's open cash register. Mrs. Poff had been working in the bar and was found by her husband, Oscar H. Poff, at 12:50 a.m. when he arrived from their home to help his wife close the tavern. Surdam said a bloodhound followed the blood-stained tracks from the rear door of the Poff tavern to Monette's home. After obtaining a search warrent, Surdam said, the investigators searched the Monette home and found a quantity of money. The cash was identified as that stolen from the tavern, the state police investigators said. Mrs. Poff had been beaten severely about the head and face, and had bruises on her body, Surdam said. Glasses found smashed near the bar indicated a "violent struggle," he said. Before Monette was arrested, a number of patrons of the tavern had been questioned by some of the 35 investigators and troopers thrown on the case. State police also questioned numerous motorists stopped at roadblocks thrown up around the tavern-grocer-launderette business place. on March 9, 1966.² She died on March 9, 1966 at Pennellville, Oswego Co., New York.^1,2

     Infant Poff was buried at Sandridge Cemetery, Pennellville, Oswego Co., New York.¹ Infant Poff died in 1960 at Oswego Co., New York.¹ Infant Poff was born in 1960 at Oswego Co., New York.¹

     His Social Security Number was 227-62-1841.³ Harry Douglas "Doug" Custer was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5737 Airport Road NW, Roanoke, Virginia.^4,5 He was born on June 28, 1945 at Elizabeth City, Virginia.^6,3,4 He married Sandra Hope "Sandy" Hill, daughter of Ervin Hope Hill and Mary Ellen Moran, on January 26, 1968 at Leaksville, Rockingham Co., North Carolina.^1,2 Harry Douglas "Doug" Custer and Sandra Hope "Sandy" Hill were divorced on June 13, 1973 at Roanoke, Virginia.² Harry Douglas "Doug" Custer died on February 12, 1988 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 42.⁴ He Harry Douglas (Doug) Custer, age 42, 427 Liberty Road, N.E., died Friday, February 12, 1988. He attended Hollins Church of the Nazarene and was a truck driver for Roanoke Oil Distributors. He is survived by his wife, Charlotte C. Custer; four sons, Mark, Ray, Joseph and Harry Douglas Custer; father and stepmother, J. Harry and Helen M. Custer, all of Roanoke; two stepsisters, Octie Cartwright and Macon Sadler, both of Hampton. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. on February 14, 1998.⁵