OBIT: Orville "John" DURST, 1986, Stoystown, 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/ _______________________________________________ DURST Orville "John" Durst, 79, of Stoystown RD 3, died Feb. 8, 1986, at Somerset Community Hospital. Born April 7, 1906, son of the late Jack and Minnie (Switzer) Durst. Survived by his wife, the former Martha Irwin, whom he married Oct. 1, 1928, and these children: Mrs. Robert (Ellen) Peterman, Stoystown RD 3: Alvin, Lockport, N.Y.; Orville Jr., Listie; Daleton, York New Salem; Mrs. Lester (Martha) Eline, York; 22 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren. Brother of William, Masery, Ohio; Robert E., Friedens; Benjamin, Dearborn Heights, Mich; Mary Brooks, Pocahontas; Elva Shirt, Windber. Retired self-employed coal miner. Family received friends Sunday evening and will receive friends 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Monday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown, where services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, the Rev. William J. Dodson. Interment, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Stoystown. Daily American, February 10, 1986 [DO1103]