OBIT: Leroy DURST, 1946, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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LEROY DURST

  Leroy Durst, 53, died of a heart attack at his home in Akron, O., Tuesday, 
December 31.  Funeral services were held in the Evangelical and Reformed Church, 
Manchester Road, on Friday, Jan. 3, Rev. J. Wolfe, pastor, officiating.  
Interment in Lakewood Cemetery, Akron.
  Mr. Durst, the youngest son of the late Augustus and Nancy (McKenzie) Durst 
was born at New Germany, Garrett County, Md.  He resided in Akron, O., for 37 
years and successfully conducted a mercantile business at Clinton, O.
  Surviving are his wife, one daughter, Arlene, wife of Jack Hart, Akron and one 
son, Herschel Durst, in the United States Service in Columbus, O.  Surviving are 
four brothers, Henry, Delbert and Marshall Durst, Grantsville, and George D. 
Durst, Cumberland; and two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Wagner, Akron, O., and Mrs. 
Carrie Garlitz, Avilton, Md.
  Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Durst, Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Durst, Marshall, Delbert and 
Blaine Durst, of Grantsville and Mr. and Mrs. George Durst of Cumberland 
attended the funeral of their kinsman.

Meyersdale Republican, January 9, 1947