WILT, Benjamin Lee
WESTERNPORT - Benjamin Lee Wilt, 72, of Franklin, died last night in Potomac Valley Hospital, Keyser, where he had been a patient six weeks. Born in Grant county, W. Va., he was a son of the late Peter and Sarah (Crowe) Wilt. A retired coal miner, Mr. Wilt was a member of the Jehovahs Witnesses sect and Black Hawk Tribe 131, Improved Order of Red Men. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Janet (Warnick) Wilt; four sons, Charles S., George M. and Harold Wilt, all of Baltimore, and John W. Wilt, Cleveland; three daughters, Mrs. Theodore R. Sutherland; Mrs. Ellsworth E. Lewis and Mrs. Leslie Metz, all of Westernport; a brother, Floyd L. Wilt, Eckhart; a sister, Mrs. Adelia Warnick, Cumberland, 31 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The body is at the Boal Funeral Home where services will be conducted by James Pryor, Frostburg, at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Interment will be in Philos Cemetery. The family requests flowers be omitted.
The Cumberland Evening Times, October 31, 1955
WILT, Benjamin Lee
WESTERNPORT - Benjamin Lee Wilt, 72, of Franklin, died last night in Potomac Valley Hospital, Keyser, where he had been a patient six weeks. Born in Grant county, W. Va., he was a son of the late Peter and Sarah (Crowe) Wilt. A retired coal miner, Mr. Wilt was a member of the Jehovahs Witnesses sect and Black Hawk Tribe 131, Improved Order of Red Men. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Janet (Warnick) Wilt; four sons, Charles S., George M. and Harold Wilt, all of Baltimore, and John W. Wilt, Cleveland; three daughters, Mrs. Theodore R. Sutherland; Mrs. Ellsworth E. Lewis and Mrs. Leslie Metz, all of Westernport; a brother, Floyd L. Wilt, Eckhart; a sister, Mrs. Adelia Warnick, Cumberland, 31 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The body is at the Boal Funeral Home where services will be conducted by James Pryor, Frostburg, at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Interment will be in Philos Cemetery. The family requests flowers be omitted.
The Cumberland Evening Times, October 31, 1955
Donna Lou Durst
GRANTSVILLE — Donna Lou Durst, 59, Grantsville, died on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at Oakland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Oakland.
Born on Sept.16, 1958, in Meyersdale, Pa., she was a daughter of the late John Donald and Leora Althea (Wilt) Bittinger.
Donna was a clerk in retail.
She is survived by one son, Gary Lynn (and Sandra) Durst, Frostburg; two daughters, Betty Jo Merrill and Kimberly Sue Durst, both of Grantsville; two brothers, Ronald Lee Bittinger, Lawrenceville, Va., and Roger Lynn Bittinger, Accident; and four grandchildren, Lincoln Bradley Durst, Garrett Alan Merrill, Adreanna Dawn Merrill, and Colton Wayne Durst.
Friends will be received at the Newman Funeral Homes, P.A., 179 Miller St., Grantsville, on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. A funeral service will be conducted in the funeral home on Saturday, March 17, at 2 p.m., with Pastor David Price officiating. Cremation will follow the service.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.newmanfuneralhomes.com
Obituary:
Harry Handwerk
GRANTSVILLE — Harry Burdice Handwerk, 78, Grantsville, died Friday, April 19, 2019, at Goodwill Mennonite Home, Grantsville.
Born June 20, 1940, in Jennings, he was a son of the late Oscar and Allie (Mason) Handwerk.
He was also preceded in death by his wife, Bertha Ellen (Wilt) Handwerk; one son, Harry Douglas; and one brother, Marvin Handwerk.
Mr. Handwerk was a heavy equipment operator for L & J Equipment, Uniontown, Pa.
He is survived by three daughters, Vonda Sebold and husband Jeff, Grantsville, Marla Shelley and husband Michael, Frostburg, and Julie Bunnell and husband Gary, Salisbury, Pa.; one brother, Owen Handwerk, Grantsville; and three grandchildren, Derek Sebold, Walker Bunnell and Brody Rugg.
The family would like to give a very special thank-you to Goodwill Mennonite Home and staff for the excellent care given to their dad.
A private burial was held Monday, April 22, in the Grantsville Cemetery.
Newman Funeral Homes, P.A., 179 Miller St., Grantsville, was in charge of arrangements.
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the Ruth Enlow Library, Grantsville Branch, 102 Parkview Dr., Grantsville, MD 21536.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.newmanfuneralhomes.com.