OBIT: Melvin L. MAUST, 1947, Somerset RD, Somerset County, PA

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MELVIN L. MAUST

  Melvin L. Maust, 23, of Somerset R.D., died at 1:15 a.m. in the Somerset 
Community Hospital from injuries received in an auto accident about 3 a.m. 
Monday morning.
  Dr. A. M. Uphouse, Somerset County coroner, said Maust died of a broken back 
and neck injuries.  The coroner is awaiting a report on a state police 
investigation to decide if an inquest is necessary.  Officers of the Somerset 
substation were checking the case.
  Maust was injured, according to reports, when the car he was driving crashed 
into a culvert along the road near the Somerset County Fair Grounds, Meyersdale.  
Riding in the car were Grover Maust, his brother, from Shanksville and James 
Stevenson, near Somerset.  Both received slight injuries but neither was 
hospitalized.
  The injured were treated at the office of Dr. Charles Q. Griffith, Meyersdale, 
and young Maust was later admitted to the Somerset hospital.  Dr. Griffith 
summoned Chief of Police James Brocht, who investigated the conditions of the 
accident and turned the case over to the state police at Somerset.
  Chief of Police Brocht stated that it appeared as though the car was traveling 
towards Meyersdale when the accident occurred.  None of the occupants had an 
operator's license.  He added that the car rolled more than 200 feet after 
hitting the culvert.  The vehicle was practically demolished.
  The deceased was born in St. Paul, Sept. 17, 1924, a son of Leonard and Nora 
(Sell) Maust.
  Surviving are his mother, step-father, Adam Maust; eight brothers, Vilis V., 
Somerset; Harold W., Erie; Gordon B., Meyersdale R.D. 1; Warren O., Somerset; 
Delmer A., Theodore R. and Cecil L., Meyersdale R.D. 3; and Grover E., 
Shanksville; and three sisters, Mrs. John Minnick, Middletown, Md.; Mrs. Oscar 
Smith, Shanksville; and Mrs. Hume McGaha, Buckstown.
  Funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the St. 
Paul (Wilhelm) Ev. and Reformed Church, by the pastor, Rev. Geo. K. Ely.  
Interment will be made in the St. Paul cemetery, under the direction of W. C. 
Price and Son.

Meyersdale Republican, June 5, 1947