Glenn Gilbert Durst

Male 1915 - 2001  (86 years)


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  • Name Glenn Gilbert Durst 
    Birth 31 Jan 1915  New Germany, Garrett County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Nov 2001  Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • . Glenn Gilbert DURST (Lawrence Delbert-3, Nancy Ellen MCKENZIE-2, John M.-1) was born on 31 Jan 1915 in New Germany, Garrett Co., Maryland. He died on 3 Nov 2001 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. November 05, 2001 Cumberland Times-News - FROSTBURG -- Glenn Gilbert Durst, 86, of Durst Lane, Frostburg, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001, at the St. Vincent dePaul Nursing Home. Born on Jan. 31, 1915, in New Germany, he was the son of the late Delbert and Mamie (Broadwater) Durst. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Shirley Anne Lavin; two brothers, Blaine Durst and Gideon Durst; two sisters, Gladys Durst and Dailey Rice; and two sons-in-law, Francis J. Lavin and Ronald L. Kyle. Mr. Durst was employed at the Celanese Corp. for 15 years, and was a retired dairy farmer who continued to work with his son until September 2000. He was a member of the Cherry Grove Church of the Brethren since 1938, was a deacon of the church and served as a ministerial trustee until the time that his eyesight failed him. Surviving are his wife of 64 years, Mary (Merrill) Durst; one son, Glenn Allen Durst and his wife Linda of Frostburg, two daughters, Carole L. Kyle of the St. Vincent dePaul Nursing Home, and by Valeria A. Arch and husband Dr. Jack E. of Cumberland; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two sisters, Vera E. Merrill of Barberton, Ohio, and Ruby Jenkins and husband Don of Randallstown; and one brother, Paul Durst and wife Lois of Grantsville. Friends will be received at the Hafer Funeral Home, P.A., The Frost Mansion, 58 Frost Ave., Frostburg, on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted in the Cherry Grove Church of the Brethren on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. with Pastor Henry Elsea officiating. Mr. Durst will be taken to the church from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and friends are invited to join the family for a luncheon at the church beginning at 1 p.m. Interment will follow in Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens, LaVale. Memorial contributions may be made in his memory to the Cherry Grove Church of the Brethren, c/o Louise Vought, 3886 Chestnut Ridge Road, Grantsville, MD 21536, the Allegany County Teachers Association Reading Initiative, 13145 Warrior Drive, Cresaptown, MD 21505-5179, or donate a book of your choice to any of the local libraries. Pallbearers will be Jeffrey Lavin, Randy Kyle, Toby Durst, Jeffrey Vaughn, John Morrissey and Robert Ansel. Honorary pallbearers will be Ernest Ganoe, Scott Pope, Dean Durst, Ernest Durst and Patrick Morrissey. He was buried on 6 Nov 2001 in Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens, LaVale, Allegany Co., Maryland.
    Person ID I06819  McKenzie Genealogy
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 

    Father Lawrence Delbert Durst,   b. 25 Oct 1881, New Germany, Garrett County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1977, Grantsville, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mamie Broadwater,   b. 14 Mar 1889, Avilton, Garrett County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1927, Garrett County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 21 Feb 1906  Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F01584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary D. Elizabeth Merrill,   b. 26 Feb 1915, Avilton, Garrett County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 2009, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Children 
     1. Glenn Allen Durst,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
     2. Carole Louise Durst,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
     3. Valerie Kay Durst,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
     4. Anthony Durst,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
     5. Shirley Anne Durst,   b. 18 Oct 1937   d. 16 Mar 1980 (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Jean Durst,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
     7. Donald Durst,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
     8. Sandra Sue Durst,   b. 30 Apr 1952, Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1988, Windber, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F03728  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 


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