John Gast – September 24, 1887 – 1941
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SERVICES HELD FOR JOHN GAST, VICTIM OF LONG ILLNESS
Nora Springs – Funeral services were held at the Sheckler Funeral Home here at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, for John Gast, 53, whose body was shipped here from York, North Dakota, Wednesday.
Mr. Gast died in a sanitarium at Dunseith, North Dakota, after a long illness. He was a brother of Dave Gast of Mason City, and a half- brother of Ole Gast of Nora Springs.
The Rev. Robert Davies, pastor of the Methodist Church had charge of the services, and burial was made in Spring Grove Cemetery north of Nora Springs.
Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday July 3, 1941
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WWI Draft Registration: June 5, 1917
John Gast, living in Rudd, Floyd, Iowa, born September 24, 1887 in Nora Springs, tract layer on railroad section for Chicago M & S railroad, married, wife and 2 children.
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John Gast was the son of David Gast and Nellie Esther Hawthorne . (Iowa Birth and Christening Records). The brother David mentioned in the above obit, was born March 28, 1891.
The half- brother Ole Gast is believed to be his step-brother Ralph Gast born in 1894.
John Gast married Florence Hobbs.
John's mother died before 1894. John's sister Pearl (Gast) Witzel died in 1948.
After his mother's death, his father married Matilda Gast, the daughter of John and Katherine (Heimbach) Gast.
Credit: DM Scott
#1
SERVICES HELD FOR JOHN GAST, VICTIM OF LONG ILLNESS
Nora Springs – Funeral services were held at the Sheckler Funeral Home here at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, for John Gast, 53, whose body was shipped here from York, North Dakota, Wednesday.
Mr. Gast died in a sanitarium at Dunseith, North Dakota, after a long illness. He was a brother of Dave Gast of Mason City, and a half- brother of Ole Gast of Nora Springs.
The Rev. Robert Davies, pastor of the Methodist Church had charge of the services, and burial was made in Spring Grove Cemetery north of Nora Springs.
Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday July 3, 1941
#2
WWI Draft Registration: June 5, 1917
John Gast, living in Rudd, Floyd, Iowa, born September 24, 1887 in Nora Springs, tract layer on railroad section for Chicago M & S railroad, married, wife and 2 children.
#3
John Gast was the son of David Gast and Nellie Esther Hawthorne . (Iowa Birth and Christening Records). The brother David mentioned in the above obit, was born March 28, 1891.
The half- brother Ole Gast is believed to be his step-brother Ralph Gast born in 1894.
John Gast married Florence Hobbs.
John's mother died before 1894. John's sister Pearl (Gast) Witzel died in 1948.
After his mother's death, his father married Matilda Gast, the daughter of John and Katherine (Heimbach) Gast.
Credit: DM Scott
John Gast – September 24, 1887 – 1941
#1
SERVICES HELD FOR JOHN GAST, VICTIM OF LONG ILLNESS
Nora Springs – Funeral services were held at the Sheckler Funeral Home here at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, for John Gast, 53, whose body was shipped here from York, North Dakota, Wednesday.
Mr. Gast died in a sanitarium at Dunseith, North Dakota, after a long illness. He was a brother of Dave Gast of Mason City, and a half- brother of Ole Gast of Nora Springs.
The Rev. Robert Davies, pastor of the Methodist Church had charge of the services, and burial was made in Spring Grove Cemetery north of Nora Springs.
Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday July 3, 1941
#2
WWI Draft Registration: June 5, 1917
John Gast, living in Rudd, Floyd, Iowa, born September 24, 1887 in Nora Springs, tract layer on railroad section for Chicago M & S railroad, married, wife and 2 children.
#3
John Gast was the son of David Gast and Nellie Esther Hawthorne . (Iowa Birth and Christening Records). The brother David mentioned in the above obit, was born March 28, 1891.
The half- brother Ole Gast is believed to be his step-brother Ralph Gast born in 1894.
John Gast married Florence Hobbs.
John's mother died before 1894. John's sister Pearl (Gast) Witzel died in 1948.
After his mother's death, his father married Matilda Gast, the daughter of John and Katherine (Heimbach) Gast.
Credit: DM Scott
#1
SERVICES HELD FOR JOHN GAST, VICTIM OF LONG ILLNESS
Nora Springs – Funeral services were held at the Sheckler Funeral Home here at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, for John Gast, 53, whose body was shipped here from York, North Dakota, Wednesday.
Mr. Gast died in a sanitarium at Dunseith, North Dakota, after a long illness. He was a brother of Dave Gast of Mason City, and a half- brother of Ole Gast of Nora Springs.
The Rev. Robert Davies, pastor of the Methodist Church had charge of the services, and burial was made in Spring Grove Cemetery north of Nora Springs.
Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday July 3, 1941
#2
WWI Draft Registration: June 5, 1917
John Gast, living in Rudd, Floyd, Iowa, born September 24, 1887 in Nora Springs, tract layer on railroad section for Chicago M & S railroad, married, wife and 2 children.
#3
John Gast was the son of David Gast and Nellie Esther Hawthorne . (Iowa Birth and Christening Records). The brother David mentioned in the above obit, was born March 28, 1891.
The half- brother Ole Gast is believed to be his step-brother Ralph Gast born in 1894.
John Gast married Florence Hobbs.
John's mother died before 1894. John's sister Pearl (Gast) Witzel died in 1948.
After his mother's death, his father married Matilda Gast, the daughter of John and Katherine (Heimbach) Gast.
Credit: DM Scott
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