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David Garst

Birth	:	10 Sep 1926 Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	9 Jan 2006
Burial	:	Coon Rapids Cemetery, Coon Rapids, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.8778000, -94.6678009
Description	:	Coon Rapids Enterprise January 12, 2006 David Garst, former president of the Garst Seed Company, Coon Rapids, died at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll on Monday afternoon from lung cancer. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, February 4 at the Methodist Church in Coon Rapids with Rev. Lynn Gunderson officiating. Burial will be in the Coon Rapids Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the arrangement of Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Glidden. Born in 1926, David Garst was the son of seed corn pioneer Roswell Garst and his wife Elizabeth. He overcame... Read More	Coon Rapids Enterprise January 12, 2006 David Garst, former president of the Garst Seed Company, Coon Rapids, died at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll on Monday afternoon from lung cancer. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, February 4 at the Methodist Church in Coon Rapids with Rev. Lynn Gunderson officiating. Burial will be in the Coon Rapids Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the arrangement of Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Glidden. Born in 1926, David Garst was the son of seed corn pioneer Roswell Garst and his wife Elizabeth. He overcame childhood dyslexia to become a gifted writer and speaker. Though his college career was interrupted by two years of service in the U.S. Army, in 1949 Garst graduated from Stanford University, married his college sweetheart, Georgeanne "Jo" Orenstein in her native Hilo, Hawaii, and returned to Coon Rapids where he raised his family and pursued a long and illustrious career in agriculture. By the late 1950's Garst turned over their farming partnership to his brother Stephen, and devoted his energies full time to (he Garst & Thomas Hybrid Corn Company He assumed the duties of Sales and Marketing Manager from his father in 1961 and became President and Director of Sales and Marketing in 1982 when the Pioneer Hybrid Seed Company ended its relationship with Garst & Thomas. David was instrumental in having the Garst family buy out its Thomas family partners and in founding the Garst Seed Company. Under his leadership, Garst Seed achieved universal awareness among the nation's farmers, expanded its marketing area fivefold and regained the sales volume lost by the split For these achievements David Garst became the nation's best known seedsman and in 1987 was awarded its highest award - The National Agricultural Marketer of the Year - by the National Agricultural Marketing Association (NAMA). Garst played an important role in international relations. He helped open United States trade with Russia, Romania, and Hungary in 1956. In 1958 he became the first American since 1948 to visit Bulgaria and was credited with reestablishing diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and the United States. The relationships formed in these years led eventually to his being invited by the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture and Food in 1990 to visit their country to study their problems and advise them on how to privatize their farms. He was also committed to helping Romania achieve Most Favored Nation status A lifelong member, activist and fundraiser for the Democratic Party, in the 1976 Iowa caucuses, Garst was an active promoter of then little-known Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter In 1978 President Carter appointed Garst to the Board of International Food and Agriculture Development and also to his Presidential Mission on Agricultural Development in Central America and the Caribbean. This mission provided the underlying basis for the Caribbean Basin Initiative, the USA's first free trade agreement in the Western Hemisphere Throughout his career, Garst was active in the National Corn Growers Association and was instrumental in starting chapters in Missouri, Colorado and South Dakota. He became a Director of the US Feed Grain Council in 1962 and served with distinction until his retirement in 1991. He was a founding member and member of the Board of Governors of the American Society of Agricultural Consultants; on the Board of Governors of the Agricultural Hall of Fame, a founding member of the Iowa and Nebraska NAM A chapters, and a lifetime member of the American Legion In recent years Garst continued his consulting work on agricultural issues and as an activist in the Democratic Party He campaigned vigorously for peace and was proud of his contribution to and appearance in the 2004 anti-war documentary "Rush to War" by Robert Taicher. Survivors include his wife Marilyn of Glidden, sons: Sam Garst and his wife Chris of Lacey, Washington; Jim Garst of Imlay, Nevada; daughter Sallee Haerr and her husband Richard Haerr of Fairfield; 17 grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and his step-children. Also surviving are sisters Jane Kamps of California, Antonia Lee. and her husband Harold of London, England; and a sister Mary Garst of California; and many nieces, nephews and friends. David Garst was preceded in death by his parents, a son Stuart in 1961, his first wife 'Jo' in 1984, his brother Stephen in 2004 and his first cousin John Chrystal in 2000.∼Gazette, The (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA) - January 12, 2006 Deceased Name: David Garst DES MOINES (AP) - David Garst, the former president of the Garst Seed Co., has died. Garst, the son of Roswell Garst, who founded the Garst & Thomas Hybrid Corn Co. in 1929, died on Monday of cancer at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll. He was 79. David Garst farmed with his brother, Stephen, until the late 1950s, when he went to work full-time for Garst & Thomas. He eventually became president in 1982. In 1983, Garst and Thomas split and the Garst Seed Co. was formed. The Garst family has given Iowa nearly 1,300 acres and plans to donate a total of 5,000 acres for a nature preserve. It is one of the largest land contributions ever to the state. A memorial service will be held Feb. 4 at United Methodist Church in Coon Rapids.

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David Garst's memorial is located at: Coon Rapids Cemetery, Coon Rapids, Carroll County, USA.
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Latitude: 41.8778000
Longitude: -94.6678009

Family Members:

Parent

Roswell Garst

(1898 - 1977)

Elizabeth Frances Henak Garst

(1895 - 1996)

Spouse

Georganne “Jo” Orenstein Garst

(1928 - 1984)

Marilyn L Richardson Reineke

(1939 - 2019)

Siblings

Jane Garst Kamps

(1922 - 2017)

Stephen Garst

(1924 - 2004)

Mary Garst

(1936 - 2020)

Children

Samuel David Garst

(1950 - 2013)

Stuart Nathan Garst

(1955 - 1961)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Union Township Cemetery
Coon Rapids, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8781013, -94.6389008

2. Oak Hill Cemetery
Coon Rapids, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9053001, -94.7200012

3. Orange Township Cemetery
Guthrie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8163986, -94.6844025

4. Old Carrollton Cemetery
Carrollton, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9233017, -94.7403030

5. Willow Cemetery
Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9067001, -94.5730972

6. Tuttles Grove Cemetery
Guthrie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8130989, -94.7228012

7. Highland Cemetery
Bayard, Guthrie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8241997, -94.5717010

8. McCurdy Cemetery
Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9403000, -94.7649994

9. Viola Center Cemetery
Viola Center, Audubon County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8236008, -94.8016968

10. Saint Josephs Cemetery
Dedham, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8993988, -94.8210983

11. Dedham Cemetery
Dedham, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8993988, -94.8225021

12. Union Township Cemetery
Guthrie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7391450, -94.6858030

13. Seeley Township Cemetery
Guthrie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7318993, -94.6147003

14. Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery
Willey, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9783363, -94.8212204

15. Dodge Center Cemetery
Bagley, Guthrie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8194008, -94.4697037

16. Scranton Township Cemetery
Scranton, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0306015, -94.5783005

17. Melville Township Cemetery
Audubon County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7439003, -94.8013992

18. Elba Cemetery
Templeton, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9068985, -94.9131012

19. Greenbrier Cemetery
Cooper, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9063988, -94.4218979

20. Luccocks Grove Cemetery
Audubon County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7619019, -94.8653030

21. Cameron Cemetery
Audubon County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8236008, -94.9167023

22. Moffit Grove Cemetery
Yale, Guthrie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7668991, -94.4539032

23. West Lawn Cemetery
Glidden, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0649986, -94.7406006

24. Dillavou Cemetery
Kendrick Township, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0802994, -94.6138992