OBIT: Charles Gring DURST, 1945, Elk Lick Twp., Somerset County, PA

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CHARLES G. DURST

  Charles Gring Durst, retired farmer, died at his home in Elk Lick Township, 
near the state line, at 11:55 p.m. on Saturday, February 10, of generalized 
arterio-sclerosis.  Mr. Durst had been ill for four years, and finally passed 
away in the only house he has ever lived in, leaving the memory of a fine and 
kindly gentleman in the hearts of all who knew him.
  Mr. Durst was born on July 3, 1867, son of Phenis and Lucy (Schrock) Durst, 
and was 77 years, 7 months and 3 days in age at his death.  He was born and 
raised in the house in which he died, and on May 23, 1900, was married to Miss 
Margaret Yommer in the same house.  He is survived by one daughter, Lela, wife 
of Lester Opel, who lived with him; a foster daughter, Catherine, wife of John 
Cochrane of Mather, Pa., and six grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his 
wife and son, Homer.
  He was a lifelong member of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church.  
Funeral services were conducted in the home at 2:00 p.m., and in the Reformed 
Church at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, with Rev. Ira S. Monn officiating.  
Interment in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in charge of Mortician Stanley M. Thomas.

Meyersdale Republican, February 15, 1945