The Funeral Service for Clifford James, age 57 of Carson, will be held

at 10:30 am MDT on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at the Grant County Fair

Building in Carson. Bethany Haberstroh will officiate with burial in the

Carson Cemetery.

Serving as casket bearers are Mike Goetz, Doug Martwick, Bob Tibor,

Roy Ressler, Wayne Fitterer, and Darcy Fitterer. The Members of the

Glen Ullin Motorcycle Club are honorary bearers.

Cliff James Edinger (Custer) was born on October 15, 1960 in

Bismarck, ND to Paul and Hilda (Koepplin) Edinger. Clifford grew up

in Carson and graduated from Carson High School in 1978. He

worked on seismograph crews for many years traveling the United

States. He welded for Gary's Welding/Stur-D Products in Carson for

many years. Custer cherished Gary and Kathy Hertz like family. He

began dating Cheryl Koenig at this time. After a lengthy relationship

they married and Cliff gained Shawn Miller as a step son and had

their only daughter, Jessica Edinger. He worked as a self-employed

carpenter and later on worked at PCI out of Bismarck ND. It was

while working for PCI that his health began to fail. He enjoyed wood

working and making wooden peace signs, tables, and benches.

Custer was very proud of his daughter and step-son. He was a

motorcycle enthusiast and a member of the Glen Ullin Motorcycle

Club, and a representative for Abate of North Dakota.

Clifford passed away on Monday, April 2, 2018 at the Jacobson

Memorial Hospital in Elgin.

Surviving are his daughter, Jessica Edinger, his step-son,

Shawn Miller, both of Mandan, ND; brothers, Donald (Beth) Carson,

ND; Tim (Laurie), Grantsville, Utah; Doug, Bristow, OK; Dwight

(Gequita) Carson, ND; Tom (Pauline) Selfridge, ND. Along with many

neices, nephews, great neices/nephews, and great-great

neices/nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and nephew Donald

Edinger Jr.

Visitation will be held on Friday April 6, 2018 from 3 to 7 pm MDT at

the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin.