Custer's Alpacas is a family operation that involves every member from alpaca sales and service, to barn building, and our retail operations in the local mall and many shoes state wide.

Claude & Alexandria Custer

Claude and Alexandria live on the ranch and tend to the day-to-day operations with the animals.  Both Alexandria and Claude also help manage the retail store which is located in Carnation Mall in Alliance.

Claude and Alexandria will be celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary in August of 2008.  Their children Nora and Adam also help with the farm and retail store.

Norbi & Nora Custer-Haberbusch

Norbi and Nora live in Akron, Ohio and commute to the farm and store regularly.

Norbi helps around the farm with regular maintanence and animal care.  He has also helped with much of the fencing and construction around the farm.  Norbi currently runs his own business also www.oldworldcarpentry.com and specializes in Hardwood Floor Services (Refinish, Install, Repair). 

Norbi is active in the show ring with animals and has won blue ribbons with the alpacas he's shown.  Look for Norbi in the showring in 2008 with our award winning alpacas.

Nora, daughter of Claude and Alexandria, recently finished her BA in Art History and Crafts: Textiles from Kent State University.  She has worked with alpaca fiber not only in the classroom but works with it on a regular basis creating apparel and accessories for the store.  She also teaches many of the classes at the store, and also coordinates the classes that she and local fiber artists teach.

Adam Custer

Adam is a student at Kent State University and currently finishing his BSA in Biology, he is scheduled to graduate in June 2008.  Adam is an avid rock climber and works around the farm helping with maintanence and animal care.