1942
William
2013
William "Bill" Dawain Durst
April 4, 1942 — November 11, 2013
William Bill Durst
William Bill Dawain Durst, 71, of Reedsville, OH passed away November 11, 2013 at his residence.
He was born April 4, 1942 in Evans, WV, son of the late Dawain and Emma Barnette Durst. He was a 1960 graduate of Eastern High School, where he excelled in athletics. He was a Little League Baseball Coach for the Reedsville Rockets. He was a firm believer in Season of Giving and Pay It Forward. He retired from AEP in 2002 as a maintenance mechanic and also worked for FMC VISCO from 1963-74. As a teenager, he worked on Humphrey Farms. He received his Associate Degree from West Virginia University in Fire Associated Sciences and served 40 plus years on the Olive TWP Fire Dept. and First Responders. He was a Mason and belonged to the Shade River Masonic Lodge and Pomeroy Lodge. Bill was a Ham Radio operator and a member of the Eden United Brethren Church. He was also an avid outdoorsman and raised exotic birds like Pheasant and Quail and loved Geneology.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Martha Coleman Durst; 2 sons, Dennis and Kim Durst and David and Cindy Durst; 2 daughters, Debbie and Rick Barringer and Dee and Jeff Kimes; 10 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren and 3 more on the way; a brother, Gary and Ruth Durst; 2 sisters, Charlotte Durst and Dick Morris and Geraldine and Virgil Holsinger.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 2 grandsons and 2 nephews.
Services will be held at 11 A.M., Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 at White-Schwarzel Funeral Home, Coolville, OH with Rev. Steve Reed officiating. Burial will be in the Heiney Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday, from 5-8 P.M.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the American Cancer Society, Central Region Office-ATHE, 5555 Frantz Road, Dublin, OH 43017 or to Angel Tree, Att. Terri Ingels, P.O. Box 191, Middleport, OH 45760.
You can sign the online guestbook at www.white-schwarzelfuneralhome.com
William Bill Dawain Durst, 71, of Reedsville, OH passed away November 11, 2013 at his residence.
He was born April 4, 1942 in Evans, WV, son of the late Dawain and Emma Barnette Durst. He was a 1960 graduate of Eastern High School, where he excelled in athletics. He was a Little League Baseball Coach for the Reedsville Rockets. He was a firm believer in Season of Giving and Pay It Forward. He retired from AEP in 2002 as a maintenance mechanic and also worked for FMC VISCO from 1963-74. As a teenager, he worked on Humphrey Farms. He received his Associate Degree from West Virginia University in Fire Associated Sciences and served 40 plus years on the Olive TWP Fire Dept. and First Responders. He was a Mason and belonged to the Shade River Masonic Lodge and Pomeroy Lodge. Bill was a Ham Radio operator and a member of the Eden United Brethren Church. He was also an avid outdoorsman and raised exotic birds like Pheasant and Quail and loved Geneology.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Martha Coleman Durst; 2 sons, Dennis and Kim Durst and David and Cindy Durst; 2 daughters, Debbie and Rick Barringer and Dee and Jeff Kimes; 10 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren and 3 more on the way; a brother, Gary and Ruth Durst; 2 sisters, Charlotte Durst and Dick Morris and Geraldine and Virgil Holsinger.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 2 grandsons and 2 nephews.
Services will be held at 11 A.M., Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 at White-Schwarzel Funeral Home, Coolville, OH with Rev. Steve Reed officiating. Burial will be in the Heiney Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday, from 5-8 P.M.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the American Cancer Society, Central Region Office-ATHE, 5555 Frantz Road, Dublin, OH 43017 or to Angel Tree, Att. Terri Ingels, P.O. Box 191, Middleport, OH 45760.
You can sign the online guestbook at www.white-schwarzelfuneralhome.com
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of William "Bill" Dawain Durst, please visit our flower store.
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