OBIT: Richard D. MAUST, 2002, Berlin, Somerset County, PA
  
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  MAUST
  
  Richard D. Maust, 87, of Berlin, died March 18, 2002 at his
  residence.  Born Oct. 31, 1914 in Pittsburgh, the son of Charles L.
  and Rose Ella (Dreyer) Maust.  Preceded in death by his parents, wife
  Ruth (Boyer) Maust, son Richard Dale Maust, sister Evora Marie
  Hostetler, brother Harry W. Maust, step-son Eugene Crosby and
  brother-in-law, Richard "Jack" Shipley.  Survived by a
  daughter-in-law Nancy (Knopsnyder) Maust, Somerset; four
  grandchildren, Gerald Maust, Bryan Maust, Susan Kurtz and Vickie
  Close, all of Somerset; four great-grandchildren; four sisters,
  Eleanor Mae Maust, Somerset, Emily, married to Henry Fritz, Berlin,
  Edith Rae Shipley, Berlin; B. Elaine, married to Walter Altfather
  Sarver; three brothers, Warren, married to the former Faye Glessner
  Bowser, Orlando, Fla., Thomas, married to the former Sara Woodrow,
  Berlin; Charles, married to the former Colleen Rhodes, Berlin; a
  nephew Bruce Hostetler, married to the former Charlotte Shunk Sarver;
  plus other nephews and nieces.  Also a brother-in-law, Earl E. Boyer,
  Berlin; and a sister-in-law, Bernadine Brennen, Conn.  He was a
  member and former choir member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church,
  Berlin.  Navy veteran of World War II.  Former supervisor for PennDOT
  and Pa. Turnpike Commission.  Former prothonotary for Somerset County
  and a care taker at the former Berlin Brothersvalley Joint High
  School.  He was a member and past commander of American Legion Harry
  Fisher Post 445, Mountain Field and Stream Club, both of Berlin,
  Berlin Area Ambulance Association, Berlin IOOF Lodge 461, and a
  former member of the Berlin Lions Club and Berlin Men's Octet. 
  Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at
  Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin, where funeral service will be held at 11
  a.m. Thursday with Rev. Melvin A. Kirk Jr., officiating.  Interment,
  Berlin IOOF Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be sent to Holy
  Trinity Lutheran Church, 507 Main St. Berlin, Pa. 15530, or the
  charity of one's choice.
  
  Daily American, March 19, 2002
  
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