OBIT: Ethel A. (PLATTER) Durst, 1983, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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  Ethel A. Durst, 80, of RD Grantsville, Maryland, died January 20, 1983 at
  Frostburg Community Hospital, Maryland.
  
  She was born in Bittinger, Md., and was a daughter of the late Silas
  Platter and Bertha (Herman) Platter.  Her husband, Harry Durst, and two
  sons, Garland Durst and Clark Durst, also preceded her in death.
  
  She was a member of the Jennings Church of God.
  
  She is survived by one son, Carl Durst, Grantsville, Maryland; four
  daughters, Mrs. Alice Beitzel, Mrs. Emogene Resh, Mrs. Beulah Glotfelty and
  Mrs. Wanda Yommer, all of Grantsville; one brother, Carl Platter, Berkeley
  Springs, W.Va.; four sisters, Mrs., Beulah Barnes, Cumberland, Maryland;
  Mrs. Edna Wolf, Oakland, Maryland; Mrs. Hilda Portless, St. Petersburg,
  Fla.; Mrs. Pearl Beavers, Westernport, Maryland; 23 grandchildren and 26
  great-grandchildren.
  
  Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home, Grantsville.
  
  Services were conducted at the funeral home with the Rev. George Plants
  officiating.  Interment was in the Bittinger Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, January 27, 1983
  
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