The funeral for Frank Andrew Rust, Sr., 81, will be at 11:30 AM Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, at the Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Chris Tolle officiating.  Burial will be in Ware Cemetery near Jet..  Visitation with the family will be Tuesday evening from 6:00 to 7:30 PM at the funeral home.

            He was born to Oscar Alva and Sadie Ellen (Ward) Rust on Feb. 8, 1926 in Byron, OK, and died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, at his home in Enid.

            Frank grew up in the Salt Plains Area.  He served in the U.S. Army, where he was a paratrooper in the 82^nd Airborne and the 508^th Infantry.  On Oct. 3, 1947, he married Maxine “Charlie” Stanley in Chesterfield, South Carolina.  They lived in Baltimore and Oklahoma, and then moved to California in 1951.  There he sold poultry to movie stars including Rex Harrison and Shirley Temple.  After that he worked as a centerless grinder for post grinding.  In 1973, they moved back to Oklahoma.  Frank got a job building oval-shaped barns for a couple of months.  He then worked at Adams Alloy in Wakita until his retirement in 1990.

            Frank enjoyed hunting and especially fishing.  He like playing checkers and teaching others how to play with either hand.  Frank was a member of Enid Masonic Lodge # 80, the 32^nd Scottish Rite Mason of Guthrie, Tulsa Akdar Shrine, the Northwest Oklahoma Funsters, and the Enid Moose Lodge.

            He is survived by five children, Frank Rust II of Blythe, CA, Mike Rust and wife Jackie of Longbeach, CA, Keith Rust and wife Mary of Baldwin Park, CA, Steve Rust and wife Carol of Enid, and Kathy Duerden and husband Darryl of Enid; twenty grandchildren; forty-one great-grandchildren; three great, great grandchildren.

            Frank was preceded in death by his wife, Maxine, and three sisters, Agnes Hart, Martha Rust, and Leota Thomas.