Robert Volney Coston

ROBERT VOLNEY COSTON, son of MABEL AUREL TAYLOR and FRANK MERLE COSTON, was born December 28, 1924 in Skidmore, Holt, Missouri,⁴⁵³² and died July 31, 1995 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas.^{4532, 105, 9694} He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore, Nodaway, Missouri.⁴⁵⁶

He married (1) VERNICE RICHARDS on December 29, 1943 in Elk Point, Union, South Dakota.³¹²⁴

He married (2) VELMA RUTH MONTGOMERY on May 4, 1960 in Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa.⁹⁶⁹⁵ She was born May 26, 1931,⁵⁶ and died October 15, 2011.⁵⁶ She is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore, Nodaway, Missouri.⁴⁵⁶

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Personal Information

• Robert Volney Coston was a member of the First Christian Church. ⁹⁶⁹⁵

Military Service

Clubs and Associations

Marriage Announcements and News

Maryville Daily Forum, January 10, 1944³¹²⁴

Richards-Coston

The marriage of Miss Vernice Richards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Richards of Hinton, Ia., and Robert Coston, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Coston of Skidmore, took place December 29 at Elk Point, S. D.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coston arrived in Skidmore Friday to visit his parents. They will return to Hinton where they will make their home on a farm near there.

Obituaries

Paris News, August 2, 1995⁹⁶⁹⁴

R. V. Coston

HUGO, Okla. (AP)—R. V. Coston, 70, of Hugo died Monday, July 31, 1995 in Dallas Texas.

Services will be held at Skidmore First Christian Church in Skidmore, Mo., at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 4 with Vic Coston officiating. Lampton Mills and Coffey Funeral Home will make burial in Hillcrest Cemetery in Skidmore. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Mr. Coston was born Dec. 28, 1924, in Skidmore, Mo., a son of Frank and Mabel Taylor Coston. He married Velma Ruth Montgomery March 4, 1950. He had lived in Hugo for 20 years and was a member of American Legion Post 411 in Skidmore and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8316 in Hugo.

Surviving are his wife, Velma Ruth; three daughters, Erma Ruth Stevens, The Woodlands, Texas, Joy Dufford of Pittsburg, Pa., and Joyce Dahlman of Yuma, Ariz.; one brother, William F. Coston of Skidmore; two sisters, Erma L. Bilby of Savannah, Mo., and Lavena M. Loehr, of Kansas City, Mo.; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
April 2, 19303119	Clay, Holt, Missouri	Frank Merle Coston Mabel Aurel Taylor Erma Louise Coston William F. Coston Robert Volney Coston Earlene Aurel Coston
April 30, 19403121	Colfax, Daviess, Missouri	Frank Merle Coston Mabel Aurel Taylor Erma Louise Coston Robert Volney Coston Earlene Aurel Coston Daughter