Joseph Samuel Durbin (1912 - 2001)

Born 18 Dec 1912 in Halfway, Washington County, Maryland, USA

Died 7 Jan 2001 at age 88 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA

This profile is part of the Durbin Name Study.

Biography

Obituary

Joseph Samuel Durbin , 88, of 271 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2001, at Julia Manor Nursing Home.

Born Dec. 18, 1912, in Halfway, he was the son of the late Edwin G. and Florence G. McElroy Durbin .

He was employed with the county as a park guard for six years, retiring in 1987. Prior to that he was employed with Purolator Security.

He was a member of Hagerstown Church of the Brethren.

He is survived by his wife, Leoda Mae Durbin ; a daughter, Florence Irene Durbin of Falling Waters, W.Va.; two sisters, Mary M. Keyser and Mae Babb, both of Hagerstown; three step-daughters, Mary Dillon of Woodbridge, Va., Alice Whittington and Ruth Smith, both of Hagerstown; a step-son, Edward Turner of Louisiana; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a foster son, Sherman B. Durbin .

Minnich Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Obituaries for 1/9," The Herald-Mail (Hagerstown, MD), January 08, 2001, accessed September 27, 2017, Obituary

See also:

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7FP-28F : accessed 27 September 2017), Joseph S Durbin, Ward 2, Hagerstown, Election District 24, Washington, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22-14, sheet 2B, line 63, family 32, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1561.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSGF-JTT : 19 May 2014), Joseph S Durbin, 07 Jan 2001; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLC-Y2ZT : 13 December 2015), Joseph S Durbin, 2001; Burial, Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States of America, Rose Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 87775560, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.