Eleanor Ann Baird
1922 - 2010 (88 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Eleanor Ann Baird was born on 18 Feb 1922 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 16 Dec 2010 in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa. Notes:
MUSCATINE, Iowa
Eleanor A. Durst, 88, of Muscatine, died Thursday, December 16, 2010, at Carrington Place. Funeral Service will be 11 a.m. on Monday, December 20, 2010, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Reverend David Ivie of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate. Honorary bearers will be Jacob Adamson, Don Baird, and Lloyd Baird. Casket bearers will be Corey Harris, Andrew Harris, Don Barton, and Brian Baird. A time of food and fellowship will be held at First Presbyterian Church following the committal service. Burial will take place in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. on Monday, December 20, 2010, at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church.
Eleanor was born on February 18, 1922, in Wapello, the daughter of Ralph E. and Fanny V. Bras Baird. She married Warren C. Durst on January 1, 1942. He preceded her in death on July 10, 1999.
She retired from Thatcher Plastics after over 25 years of employment. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include one granddaughter, Stephany Adamson and husband, Don Barton, of Muscatine; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Lloyd Baird and wife, Joan, of Cedar Rapids, and Don Baird and wife, Wanda, of Iowa City; and several special nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one son, Thomas Michael Durst on September 3, 2010; one daughter, Nancy Lynn Durst in infancy; and two brothers, Philip Baird and wife and James Baird and wife, Mary.
Ralph J. Wittich Riley Freers Funeral Home
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153370774/eleanor-ann-durstEleanor married Warren Chauncey Durst on 1 Jan 1942. Warren was born on 8 Feb 1918 in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa; died on 10 Jul 1990 in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Thomas Michael Durst
was born on 21 Feb 1946 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 3 Sep 2010 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa; was buried in unknown. - 3. Nancy Lynn Durst was born on 6 Nov 1951; died on 25 May 1952 in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa.
- 2. Thomas Michael Durst
Generation: 2
2. Thomas Michael Durst (1.Eleanor1) was born on 21 Feb 1946 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 3 Sep 2010 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa; was buried in unknown. Notes:
Muscatine Iowa- Michael Durst, 64, of Muscatine, died Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at the V.A. Medical Center in Iowa City.
Rev. David Ivle will officiate the service. Military rites will be b provided by the combined squads of the American Legion #27 and the V.F.W. Post 1565. A time of food and fellowship will follow at the First Presbyterian Church.
Memorials may be made to the family in care of his daughter, Stephanie Adamson.
Mike was born Feb. 21, 1946, in Burlington, the son of Warren and Eleanor Baird Durst. He married Janice Bachelor in August 1966; they later divorced.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1971-74 in the Vietnam War.
He was an owner/operator of MCE Durst Trucking Co.
He was a member of the National Hot Rod Association. He loved drag racing, especially racing his MOPARS and riding his Harley.
He is survived by his daughter. Stephanie Adamson and husband Don Barton of Muscatine, six grandchildren; and his mother, Eleanor Durst of Muscatine.
He was preceded in death by his father and one sister, Nancy, in infancy.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153416496/thomas-michael-durst3. Nancy Lynn Durst (1.Eleanor1) was born on 6 Nov 1951; died on 25 May 1952 in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa. Notes:
Funeral Rites Conducted for Dust Infant
Nancy Lynn Durst, six-months-old daughter of Warren and Eleanor Baird Durst of 205 West Fulliam street, died at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Hershey hospital.
She was born Nov. 6, 1951 and was a member of the First Presbyterian church.
Surviving are her parents; one brother, Michael, at home; paternal grandmother, Mrs. George Pantel, Muscatine; and maternal grandfather, Ralph Baird, Wapello.
Services were held at 3:30 p.m. today at the chapel of the Fairbanks Home for Funerals, Dr. Joseph Kennedy, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, was in charge.
Burial was at Greenwood cemetery.
The Muscatine Journal, Muscatine, Iowa. Monday, 26 May 1952.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153417361/nancy-lynn-durst