OBIT: Nellie Mae (BEEMAN) DURST, 1982, of interest in Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Caroline Juker and proofread by Nancy S. Edwards. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ NELLIE MAE DURST Nellie Mae Durst, 78, of Grantsville, Md., RD 1, died Feb. 1, 1982 at the Meyersdale Community Hospital. She was born in Thayerville, and was a daughter of the late Jacob Beeman and Laura (Bittinger) Beeman. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Durst. She was a member of the Laughlin Church of the Brethren. She is survived by three sons, Harry Durst and Frank Durst, both of Grantsville; John Durst Jr., Somerset; five daughters, Mrs. Virginia Spiker, Mrs. Mary Warnick, Mrs. Evelyn Knox and Mrs. Ethel Kinzey, all of Grantsville; Mrs. Lillie Belle Faivre, Solon, Ohio; 41 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home where services were conducted by the Rev. Joseph Lewis and the Rev. James Dermer [sic]. Interment will be in the Durst Family Cemetery. The Republic, February 4, 1982 [DO1101]