OBIT: Larry W. DURST, 1977, native of Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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  LARRY W. DURST
  
  The body of 15-year-old Larry W. Durst, of Grantsville RD 2, was discovered
  August 30, 1977, at approximately 8:45 p.m. in a stable behind his residence.
  
  According to a spokesman for the Maryland State Police, the body was taken
  to Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md., where the cause of death was
  determined to be asphyxiation due to aspiration of stomach contents.  The
  body was discovered by a brother.
  
  A native of Meyersdale, he was a son of Carl Durst and the late Shirley
  (Morrison) Durst.
  
  A 10th grade student at Northern High School, he was a member of Jennings
  Church of God.
  
  Surviving, in addition to his father, are three brothers, Robert Durst,
  Carl R. Durst and Gerald Durst, all at home; six sisters, Mrs. Debbie
  Bittinger, Frostburg, Md.; Susan Durst, Barbara Durst, Daren Durst, Ethel
  Durst and Melissa Durst, all at home and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Ethel
  Durst, Grantsville, Md.
  
  Funeral services were conducted Friday at the Newman Funeral Home with Rev.
  George Plance officiating.  Interment, Bittinger Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, September 8, 1977
  
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