Raymond Walter Durst

Raymond Walter Weber was born to Dina Burns and her husband Henry J. Durst, on March 13, 1917, in Gillespie, TX (1). 

Raymond was a descendant of the pioneer couple Johannes Durst and Christina Margarethe Binder.

The boy grew up and received his first schooling where he was born, in Fredericksburg, TX.
In 1920, Raymond, his parents, and his sister Cora were registered during the census in Justice Precinct # 4, Gillespie, TX (2). Not long after that, Raymond's brother was born. His name was Elton Christian (3).

♦ June 14, 1931 - Raymond's mother passed.

About a year later, on October 29, Mr. Henry Durst remarried. Elizabeth Wendel was the stepmother to his children (4).

Raymond studied at the Texas Lutheran College in Seguin, Texas. Next, the man went to Columbus Ohio, and continued his studies at the Capital University and Capital Seminary. While studying, he also worked as a phone box operator. The workplace was where he probably met his future wife Mary Anna Kochenderfer. The lady was also a student and a phone box operator. The two got married on September 2, 1949, in Franklin, Ohio (5).

Soon, after their marriage, the couple lived in Bexley, Franklin, Ohio (6). They had two children.

Raymond Walter Durst was ordained in 1952. His pastoral work took him to several churches in Texas, including St. John's American Lutheran Church in Ellinger, St. Peter Lutheran Church in Prairie, St. John Lutheran Church in Rutersville, (from 1952) St. John Lutheran Church in San Antonio, Zion Lutheran Church in Arneckeville, and Gethsemane Lutheran Church in San Antonio (7).

Rev. Durst's father Henry Jacob died on ♦ February 19, 1969, at the Fredericksburg Hospital and Clinic (8).

Pastor Raymond W. Durst lived 89 years. He passed on ♦ January 20, 2007, in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota (9).

God bless their souls.

Sources:
1. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6P9-WF8 : 13 February 2020), Raymond Walter Durst, 1917.
2. "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC9H-B5K : Wed Jul 12 02:35:27 UTC 2023), Entry for Henry J Durst and Dina Durst, 1920.
3. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6P9-3NL : 13 February 2020), Elton Christian Durst, 1920.
4. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1H-D3NN : 23 February 2021), H J Durst and Elizabeth Wendel, 29 Oct 1932; citing Marriage, citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,764,046.
5. "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3GR-KH8 : 27 September 2021), Raymond W Durst and Mary Anna Kochenderfer, 1949.
6. "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JKT-N1FY : Fri Jul 21 23:15:52 UTC 2023), Entry for Sarah M Swinehart and Raymond W. Durst, 10 April 1950.
7. ELCA Region 4 South Archives: https://swtsynod.pastperfectonline.com
8. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7DH-2BW : 5 April 2023), Henry J Durst, 1969.
9. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK4Y-L3T : 12 January 2021), Raymond Walter Durst, 20 Jan 2007; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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