Mrs. Mary Belle Riley, 77, of Route 2, Oakland, died November 24,

in Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland. Born near Oakland, she was

a daughter of the late George B. M. Friend and Anna (Frantz)

Friend.

Mrs. Riley was a member of the Pleasant Valley United Methodist

Church, the United Methodist Women, and Sunnyside Homemakers

Club, and the Garrett County Historical Society.

Surviving are her husband, D. Milton Riley; four sons, Dr. Frank

D. Custer, Oakland; Paul E. Custer, Timonium; Floyd O. Custer,

Little Orleans; and Donald E. Riley, Pleasant Valley; a daughter,

Mrs. Paul (Peggy) Friend, Canton, Ohio; sister, Mrs. Hazel Moon,

Wayne, Michigan; 22 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted at the John O. Durst Funeral

Home, Oakland, at 11 a.m., November 27, 1976, with Rev. C.

Franklin Mick officiating and interment was in Pleasant Valley

cemetery.

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