OBIT: Paul Allen MAUST, 2005, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  Maust, Paul Allen 12/07/05  Daily American 
 
  Paul Allen Maust, 82, Grantsville, Md., died Dec. 5, 2005, at the Goodwill
  Mennonite Retirement Community.
  
  Born April 3, 1923, in Grantsville, Md., he is a son of the late Allen J. and
  Alma J. (Miller) Maust. He is preceded in death by his wife, Lela; two sons,
  David Lewis, husband of Shirley (Kemp) Maust, Grantsville; Joseph Lee; and
  three sisters, Rhoda (infant) and Mabel Maust and Catherine Sommers. He was
  married on June 16, 1946 to Lela Virginia Bender at the Oak Dale Mennonite
  Church near Salisbury. He is survived by three sons, Paul Ivan, Carrollton,
  Texas; Ezra Allen, Mount Airy, Md.; Jonathan Mark, Dover, Del.; four daughters,
  Rachel Matilda and Naomi Ellen, both of Harrisonville; Alma Ann, wife of Dale
  Eby, Dundee, N.Y.; Esther Marie, wife of Richard Beitzel, Meyersdale, Pa.;
  brother, Jonas, Walnut Creek, Ohio; three sisters, Barbara Barnhart, Dover,
  Del.; Miriam Kemp, Upala de Alajuela, Costa Rica; and Martha, Plain City, Ohio;
  19 grandchildren; and five great grandchildren. Paul accepted Christ as his
  Savior in his youth and was a member of the Bittinger Mennonite Church at the
  time of his death. He was a life long salesman, a retired dairy farmer and for
  many years did custom farm work. Friends will be received from 2 to 9 p.m.
  Friday at Newman Funeral Homes, P.A.,179 Miller Street, Grantsville, Md. A
  service will be held 10 a.m. Saturday at the Bittinger Mennonite Church, 10707
  Bittinger Road, Bittinger, Md. Friends may call at the church one hour prior to
  the service. Expressions of sympathy may be directed for Missions, Christian
  School Education, ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) Research, or Hospice of Garrett
  County. 
  
  
  MAUST, Paul Allen  12/05/05  The New Republic
  April 3, 1923 - December 5, 2005

    Paul Allen Maust, 82, of Grantsville, Md., died Monday, December 5, 2005, at
  the Goodwill Mennonite Retirement Community.
    Born April 3, 1923, in Grantsville, Md., he was a son of the late Allen J.
  and Alma J. (Miller) Maust.  
    He was preceded in death by his wife, Lela; two sons: David Lewis, husband of
  Shirley (Kemp) Maust, Grantsville; Joseph Lee, and three sisters: Rhoda
  (infant), Mabel Maust and Catherine Sommers.
    He is survived by three sons: Paul Ivan, Carrollton, Texas; Ezra Allen, Mount
  Airy, Md.; Jonathan Mark, Dover, Del.; four daughters: Rachel Matilda and Naomi
  Ellen, both of Harrisonville; Alma Ann, wife of Dale Eby, Dundee, N.Y.; Esther
  Marie, wife of Richard Beitzel, Meyersdale; one brother, Jonas, Walnut Creek,
  Ohio, three sisters: Barbara Barnhart, Dover; Miriam Kemp, Upala de Alajuela,
  Costa Rica; and Martha, Plain City, Ohio; 19 grandchildren and five great
  grandchildren.
    Paul accepted Christ as his Saviour in his youth and was a member of the
  Bittinger Mennonite Church at the time of his death.  He was married on June
  16, 1946 to Lela Virginia Bender at the Oak Dale Mennonite Church near
  Salisbury.  He was a life long salesman, a retired dairy farmer and for many
  years did custom farm work.
    Friends will be received from 2 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9, at Newman
  Funeral Homes, P.A., 179 Miller St., Grantsville, Md. Services will be held at
  10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Bittinger Mennonite Church, 10707
  Bittinger Road, Bittinger, Md. Friends may call at the church one hour prior to
  the service.
    Expressions of sympathy may be directed for Missions, Christian School
  Education, ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) research, or Hospice of Garrett County.