OBITUARY INFORMATION FROM FIND-A-GRAVE WEBSITE:

Lawrence Allen Gast
BIRTH          30 May 1918, Center Township, Porter County, Indiana, USA
DEATH          19 Jun 1949 (aged 31), Maryland, USA
BURIAL         Hobart Cemetery, Hobart, Lake County, Indiana, USA
MEMORIAL ID    30310959

Lawrence Gast Rites Conducted In Hobart

Memorial services for Lawrence Gast, who was killed by a hit and run driver near Aberdeen, Md. June 30 last, were held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, June 24, in the Pflughoeft funeral home in Hobart, with the Rev. Kenneth McQuere officiating. Burial was in Hobart cemetery.

He was a son of the late Albert Gast and Amanda Gast Kinder. Surviving are his widow; one son; his stepfather, Gus Kinder, of Hobart; three uncles, William, Anthony and John Gast, of Valparaiso, and two aunts, Mrs. Peter Bentley of Valparaiso, and Mrs. James Stupek, of Hammond.

--The Vidette-Messenger of Porter County
(Valparaiso, IN), Fri., Jul. 1, 1949, Pg. 6

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