Name: Robert Junior Dast
Age: 95
Hometown: Pigeon, MI
Funeral Date: July 24, 2021
Date of Birth: November 05, 1925
Date of Passing: July 09, 2021
Funeral Home: Champagne Funeral Chapel
Funeral services will be 11:00am Saturday, July 24th at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church-Berne with Rev. Steve Neuman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 2-8 Friday, July 23rd at the Champagne Funeral Chapel and one hour prior to the service Saturday in church. Memorials may be made to St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church-Berne. www.ChampagneFuneralChapel.com
Bob is survived by his wife Mary; daughter Barbara (John) Geer of Monroe and son Carl (Emily) of Mt. Pleasant; grandchildren Meghan (Rick) Goltowski, Erin Geer, Keith, Kevin and Katey Dast; step-grandchildren John (Michelle) Geer, Jessica (Tye) Rod, and Keghan Jensen; great-grandchildren Maisyn and Rowen Goltowski; step-great-grandchildren Ethan, Bradan, and Riley Rod, Cadynce and Madalyn Geer; sister-in-law Florence (Gerald) Decker of Bay City. He was preceded in death by brothers Richard and Leon Dast.
Robert Junior Dast, 95, of Pigeon, passed away Friday, July 9, 2021 at Scheurer Hospital Long Term Care in Pigeon. Bob was born November 5, 1925 in Bay Port to the late Carl and Alice (Jaster) Dast. He attended Quarry Country School through the 6th grade and graduated from Bay Port High School in 1944 as valedictorian. He entered the US Army on July 11, 1944 training at Camp Roberts, California in heavy weapons. From there he traveled by ship to the island of Leyte in the Philippines. He was assigned to the First Field Hospital. He received an honorable discharge on July 29, 1946. In 1952 he became a member of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church- Berne. On June 29, 1957 he married Mary M. Diebel at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church-Berne. He was employed by the Wallace Stone Quarry, retiring in 1991 after 43 years of employment.
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