Durst, Ruth May Barnette

Passed:

Age: 77

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1966-01-14

Information: MRS. RUTH DURST DIED SATURDAY - Mrs. Ruth May Durst, 77, died early Saturday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ella Knapp of Letart, Route 2.  Mrs. Durst was the widow of Herschel Durst.  Born November 12, 1888, in Brerry county, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Ellen Yauger Barnette.  She was a member of the Guiding Star Advent Church.      Surviving in addition to Mrs. Knapp are four other daughters, Mrs. Ruth Rice and Mrs. Edna Huber of Springfield, Ohio, Mrs. Evelyn Smith of Mt. Alto, and Mrs. Emma Shirley of Leon, Rt. 1; six sons, Clyde, Ralph and Kenneth, all of Springfield, Ohio, Herschel, Jr. of Bellaire, Ohio, Floyd of Pataskala, Ohio, and William of Crooksville, Ohio.  Also surviving are 55 grandchildren.  Funeral services were held on Monday at the Mt. Alto Baptist Church with burial in the Mt. Alto cemetery under the direction of the Mohr-Stevens funeral home.