Donald Trost

Donald Howard Trost, aged 89, of Altoona, Iowa, died in the evening of Monday, September 18, 2017, at Prairie Vista Village due to complications of congestive heart failure. He was formerly a long time resident of Lenox and the surrounding area. Private graveside services will be held at the Lenox North Fairview Cemetery. Pearson Family Funeral Service and Cremation Center, 809 W. Montgomery St., Creston, Iowa, is in charge of the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, please direct memorial donations to the Lenox Volunteer Fire Department or the Lenox Emergency Medical Services. On-line condolences may be left at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.
Donald was born on the family farm northeast of Lenox in Grant Township, Adams County, Iowa, on February 21, 1928, the son of Joseph Carl Trost and Ruth Vera Bartrem. He attended the one-room country school near his home through the eighth grade and graduated from Lenox High School in 1945.
Don was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1946 where he trained in anti-aircraft artillery and earned the M-1 Expert Marksmanship Badge. Sergeant Trost then served in the Allied Occupation of Japan during 1946-1947 as Chief Clerk of G-3 Troop Control in the General Headquarters of General Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo, Japan. He has been a member of the American Legion Post 250 in Lenox since his discharge.
On September 25, 1949, he married Dorothy Mae Selders in Bedford, Iowa. They lived in Kent for eight years from where he commuted to the farm. He was a member of the Kent School Board and the volunteer fire department. There he joined the Methodist Church. After that they moved to the farm to be closer to Lenox. He farmed for 42 years. In 1984, they moved to the town of Lenox and he subsequently retired in 1988. During his retirement, he served on the Board of Directors of the Lenox First Community National Bank for eight years.
He is survived by his son, Dr. Donald Craig (Roberta) Trost, of East Lyme, CT, and his daughter Kim (Michael) Hilgenberg of Maxwell, IA; four grandchildren, Nicholas (Julee) Hilgenberg of Cambridge, IA; Tawnia (Michael) Leslie of Maxwell, IA; Jason (Astrid) Trost of Santa Monica, CA; and Brian (Lucy) Trost of East Lyme, CT; one sister Mildred (Gerald) Reynolds of Torrence, CA; nine great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his parents, wife Dorothy in 2007, brothers Raymond and Gene, and sisters Dorothy (Howard) Poore and Margaret (Paul) Boone.