OBIT:  Blaine R. DURST, 1985, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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    Blaine R. Durst, 77, of 102 Miller Street, Grantsville, Md., died Friday
  July 26, 1985, at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md.
    He was born June 16, 1908 at New Germany, a son of the late Delbert Durst
  and Mamie (Broadwater) Durst.
    He was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ and the Grantsville
  Senior Citizens.  He was the retired owner and operator of Durst Dairy Mart,
  serving the Grantsville area for over 25 years.  Prior to that, Mr. Durst
  was involved in trucking.
    He is survived by his widow, Esther M. (Yommer) Durst; two daughters,
  Mrs. Eloise Finzel, Grantsville; Mrs. Mary Alice Clark, Greenwood, Del.; 
  three brothers, Glenn Durst, Star Route, Frostburg, Md.; Paul Durst,
  Grantsville, Md.; Gideon Durst, Accident, Md.; four sisters, Mrs. Gladys I.
  Durst and Mrs. Vera Merrill, both of Grantsville; Mrs., Dailey Rice,
  Lottsburg, Va.; Mrs,. Ruby Jenkins, Randallstown; five grandchildren, and
  one great-grandson.
    Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home.
    Services were conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at St., John's United Church
  of Christ by the Rev. Connell Chaney.  Interment, Grantsville Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, August 1, 1985
  
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