OBIT: Franklin Benjamin JOHNSTON, 1989, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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  FRANKLIN B. JOHNSTON
  
    Franklin Benjamin Johnston, 88, Grantsville, MD, died Saturday, Dec. 23,
  1989, at Garrett County Memorial Hospital, Oakland, Md.
    Born Feb. 14, 1901, in Swanton, Md., he was a son of the late Silas P.
  and Rose (Sweitzer) Johnston.
    He was a retired trackman for the B&O Railroad.
    He was preceded in death by his wife, Milfred (Comp) Johnston in 1947.
    Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Shirley Baker, Grantsville, Md.; one
  brother, James Johnston, Mountain Lake Park, Md.; two sisters, Mrs. Ethel
  Durst, Warren, Ohio; and Mrs. Elsie Hetrick, Akron, Ohio; 10 grandchildren
  and 15 great grandchildren.
    Friends were received at the Durst Funeral Home in Oakland, Md., where
  services were conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. by Pastor Louise Knotts.
    Interment, George Cemetery, Swanton, Md.
  
  The Republic, December 28, 1989
  
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