Title
Mrs.
Last Name
Rust
First Name
Barbara
Middle Name
Maiden Name
Hatch
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Dexter, ME
Date of Birth
Place of Death
Orleans, MA
Date of Death
1999-12-06
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 1-29/2-4-2000, p.11
Obituary
BARBARA HATCH RUST DEXTER - Barbara Hatch Rust, 83, of Orleans, Massachusetts, died on December 6, 1999 at her home. Mrs. Rust was born in Dexter and lived there until she married the late Donald E. Rust Jr., and than lived at various times in Newton, Cohasset and Scituate, Massachusetts. Mrs. Rust graduated from Weatbrook Seminary and Wheaton College. Her father, Lloyd Harvey Hatch, was the founder and Headmaster of the Wassookeag School (later Hatch Preparatory School) and Wassookeag School-Camps in Dexter. Both her father and mother, Winifred Hill Hatch, were born and raised in Dexter. Mrs. Rust's maternal and paternal parents also lived in Dexter. Mrs. Rust is survived by two sons, Donald E. Rust, III of Plymouth, Mass and David D. Rust of Brewster, Mass, a daughter, Nancy R. Fitts of Pembroke, Mass, 10 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. A memorial service for Mrs. Rust will be held at the First Universalist Church in Dexter on August 5, 2000.