He was born April 8, 1920 in the town of Birnamwood, the son of the late Emil and Emma (Wetzel) Gast.
On January 28, 1942 John was united in marriage to Jeanette Lambrect in Wausau. She preceded him in death on March 29, 1979.
John was a U.S. Army Air Corps Veteran serving during World War II.
Survivors include five sons, John Gast, Jr., Durand, WI, Jay Gast, Prairie du Chien, WI; Scott Gast, Schofield, Matt Gast, Wausau and Ronald Gast, Durand; four daughters, Patricia Heier, West Chicago, IL, Diane (Robert) Braun, Athens, Connie Lee Gast, Chippewa Falls and Kay Thompson, Wausau; two brothers, Arthur Gast, Shawano and Herbert Gast, Layton, UT; four sisters, Carol (John) Wolf, Shawano, Frances (Arnold) Maas, Wisconsin Rapids, Elsie (William) Zerneke, Birnamwood and Ann (Irving) Keldsen, Centuria, WI; and seven grandchildren.
In addition to his wife and parents, John was preceded in death by one son, John Gast, Jr. in infancy, two brothers, Fred Gast and August "Jake" Gast and three sisters, Alvina Bell, Harriet Durland and Lorraine Cooley.
Funeral services were held April 24, 1979 at Schmidt-Schulta Funeral Home, Birnamwood. The Rev. Alfred Abrahamson officiated. Interment was in Forest Cemetery, Birnamwood.
He was born April 8, 1920 in the town of Birnamwood, the son of the late Emil and Emma (Wetzel) Gast.
On January 28, 1942 John was united in marriage to Jeanette Lambrect in Wausau. She preceded him in death on March 29, 1979.
John was a U.S. Army Air Corps Veteran serving during World War II.
Survivors include five sons, John Gast, Jr., Durand, WI, Jay Gast, Prairie du Chien, WI; Scott Gast, Schofield, Matt Gast, Wausau and Ronald Gast, Durand; four daughters, Patricia Heier, West Chicago, IL, Diane (Robert) Braun, Athens, Connie Lee Gast, Chippewa Falls and Kay Thompson, Wausau; two brothers, Arthur Gast, Shawano and Herbert Gast, Layton, UT; four sisters, Carol (John) Wolf, Shawano, Frances (Arnold) Maas, Wisconsin Rapids, Elsie (William) Zerneke, Birnamwood and Ann (Irving) Keldsen, Centuria, WI; and seven grandchildren.
In addition to his wife and parents, John was preceded in death by one son, John Gast, Jr. in infancy, two brothers, Fred Gast and August "Jake" Gast and three sisters, Alvina Bell, Harriet Durland and Lorraine Cooley.
Funeral services were held April 24, 1979 at Schmidt-Schulta Funeral Home, Birnamwood. The Rev. Alfred Abrahamson officiated. Interment was in Forest Cemetery, Birnamwood.
Family Members
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Lena Wilhemina Martha "Carol" Gast Wolf
1905–1988
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Alvina Gast Bell
1906–1962
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Arthur William Gast Sr
1908–1992
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Harriet Gast Durland
1910–1971
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August William "Jake" Gast
1912–1965
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Elsie Lena Gast Zerneke Staley
1915–1988
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Lorraine Regina Gast Cooley
1923–1977
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Irving Fred C. Gast
1925–1958
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Herbert Edward Gast
1929–1990
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