OBIT: Frederick Orval DURST, 1948, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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FREDERICK ORVAL DURST

  Frederick Orval Durst, 51, coal miner of Jennings, Md., died Thursday evening, 
Nov. 4 of coronary occlusion at his home at Jennings.  A son of Henry and 
Barbara (Harr) Durst, he was born at Jennings May 13, 1897, and has resided 
there his lifetime.
  He married Miss Ida Broadwater, who survives, with one daughter, Mrs. Blanche 
Hetrick; two sons, Delbert Durst and William Durst, one brother, Harry Durst; 
three sisters, Mrs. Lee Broadwater, Mrs. Harvey Bittinger and Mrs. M. 
Fazenbaker, all of near Jennings.
  He was a member of the Methodist Church and a World War I veteran.
  Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Jennings Methodist 
Church, Rev. D. J. Combs, the pastor, officiating.  Mrs. Harry Hoover and Mrs. 
Harry Yommer sang "Beyond the Sunset," "Be Thou Near" and "Some Time We'll 
Understand."
  The Grantsville American Legion Post 214, conducted military rites at the 
grave in the Grantsville Cemetery under the command of Wayne H. Durst.  The pall 
bearers were Harvey Gortner, A. A. Hanft, Jonas McKenzie, D. W. Hershberger, 
Luther Huff and Edgar Bender.

Meyersdale Republican, November 11, 1948