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Durey, Martha E.
Martha Durey
Martha E. Durey, 92, of Manchester, died Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, at home following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the Manchester United Methodist Church by the Rev. Roger Henry. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester, and one hour before service at the church. Inurnment will be at a later date at Grandview Cemetery in Fayette.
Martha is survived by three children, Forrest E. (Fuzzy) Durey Jr., Manchester, Stan H. Durey, Doylestown, Pa., and Donna (David) Kunde, Manchester; 11 grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; and one sister, Esther Obrecht of Clarion.
Martha was preceded in death by her husband, Forrest Durey; her parents, James and Ina Johnson; and six siblings, June Johnson Bany, Harold, Howard, Eugene, Warren and Theodore Johnson.
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