

  <p>Durst, Betty Lou</p>
  <p>Passed: 1950-09-23</p>
  <p>Age: 15</p>


  <p>Source: Jackson Herald</p>

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  <p>Obituary Date: 1950-09-29</p>
  <p>Information: POLIO IS FATAL TO YOUNG GIRL - Infantile paraylsis, that most dreaded plague of youth, has once again struck down a victim.  Betty Lou Durst, who just a week ago was a sophomore in high school with all the enthusiasm, vitality and vivaciousness of youth is dead.  She died at the Morris Memorial Hospital in Milton on Saturday where she was rushed on Thursday and placed in an iron lung in an effort to save her life.  The body was brought to the Vail mortuary in Ripley on Saturday night and the funeral services were held at the Baden church yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon with the Rev. F. H. Capehart officiating and the burial was in the church cemetery.  Betty Lou was the daughter of William H. and Dollie Boswell Durst, was a member of the Baden Baptist church, a sophomore in Pt. Pleasant high school and was 15 years, four months and 22 days of age at the time of her death.  Other survivors include a sister, Norma Jean, who is a student in Marshall college, and her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boswell of Given. (Followed by a story of the efforts to get her to the hospital)</p>


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