GAST, Pamela Marie 1949-2002

GAST, ISAAC, PINT

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 7/28/2011 at 14:51:55

PAMELA MARIE GAST

NORA SPRINGS - Pamela Marie Gast, 53, of rural Nora Springs, died Wednesday (Nov. 6, 2002) at her home following a lengthy battle with cancer.

Pam was born Oct. 3, 1949, in Osage, the daughter of Kenneth and Bertilla (Isaac) Pint. Pam attended Osage Schools and graduated from Osage High School in 1968. She received her nurse's training from St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Sioux City, graduating in May 1971.

Pam was united in marriage to Thomas Gast on June 25, 1971, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage. They lived and farmed southwest of Osage.

Pam was employed as a nurse at the White House Nursing Home, Osage Medical Clinic and Faith Lutheran Home, all in Osage, and then at the Mercy Family Clinic- Forest Park in Mason City.

She was an active member of Rock Creek Lutheran Church.

She enjoyed gardening, sewing and cooking. Pam also loved watching her children participate in sports and lately spoiling her grandchildren. She was the family and neighborhood "Ask A Nurse."

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Rock Creek Lutheran Church, 3269 Foothill Ave., southwest of Osage, with the Rev. R. Dawson Tornes officiating. Interment will be in the Rock Creek Cemetery, rural Osage.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage. Visitation will continue one hour before services Monday at the church.

She is survived by her mother, Bert Pint of Osage; husband, Tom Gast of rural Nora Springs; two daughters, Nicki Prantner and husband Michael of rural Hampton and their children, Cody and Jordan, and Robin Gast of rural Nora Springs; one son, Eric Gast of rural Rudd; three sisters, LuAnn Budahn and husband, Bruce, of Austin, Minn., Lynda Johnson and husband, Larry, of Osage, and Gwen Driscoll and husband, Mark, of Osage; three brothers, Curt Pint and wife, Jeanne, of Dickeyville, Wis., Lynn Pint of Osage, and Neil Pint and wife, Missy, of Lenexa, Kan., and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded by her father, Kenneth Pint, in 1975; maternal grandparents, John and Lizzy Isaac, and paternal grandparents, Laurence and Helen Pint.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706.

Globe Gazette, Nov. 8, 2002