Bio. of Donald H, Kast ~ son of Fred W. and Clara (Judy) Kast
A Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and New York
1931
DONALD H. KAST, M. D. While his career has not been as extensive as many of
the others whose biographies appear in this work, Dr. Donald H. Kast has
already made remarkable progress in the profession of medicine, and is gradually
working himself to a leading place among the capable physicians and surgeons
of Des Moines. Since settling at Des Moines he has made a decidedly
favorable impressive on a large and representative clientele, and it has been his
fortune to have drawn to him the confidence and esteem of his fellow
practitioners.
Doctor Kast was born near West Point, Iowa, July 10, 1898, and is a son of
Fred W. and Clara (Judy) Kast. His paternal grandfather, Fred Kast, was born
in Germany, and was a young man when he immigrted to the United States and
made his way to Missouri. There he secured employment on a Mississippi River
boat running from Saint Louis to New Orleans, and through fidelity, courage
and ability rose rapidly until he was given his first mate's papers. He
continued in this capacity for several years longer, and was making his last trip as
first mate, being subject to promotion to captain on his next voyage, when
he was suddenly stricken by illness and died, when still comparatively a young
man. The maternal grandfather of Doctor Kast, George Judy, was born in
Pennsylvania, in 1815, and was only eighteen years of age when he came to Iowa.
Here he took up farming as a vocation, and followed t all of his life. His
property in Lee County was bequeathed to his son, also named George Judy, and
there have been but two deeds concerning the land, the one to the grandfather
and the other to his son.
Fred W. Kast, father of Doctor Kast, was born at Saint Louis, Missouri, in
1870, and received a public school education. For some years following the
death of his father he was engaged in agricultural operations, residing in the
vicinity of West Point, Iowa, and also Donnellson, this state, where he
served at one time as a member of the City Council. At present he is the
proprietor of a prosperous lunch room and sandwich shop at Indianola, Iowa. He and
Mrs. Kast, who was born in Lee County, Iowa, are active members of the
Presbyterian Church, and have had two children: Dr. Donald H., of this review, and a
daughter who died in infancy. Mr. Kast is a member of the Modern Woodmen of
America and in his political affiliation is a Republican.
Donald H. Kast attended the graded school at Donnellson and the high school
at Fairfield, Iowa, following which he pursued a course at Parsons College,
Fairfield. He then entered upon his medical course at the University of Iowa,
from which he was graduated in 1924 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
He served his interneship at the Iowa Methodist Hospital, and then settled
down to the general practice of medicine and surgery, in which he has been
engaged to the present, with commodious and well equipped offices in the Bankers
Trust Building. He has built up a professional business of the most
desirable kind, and, as before noted, has won the confidence and esteem of all with
whom he has been associated. Doctor Kast is a member of the Polk County
Medical Society, the Iowa State Medical Society and the American Medical
Association. He practices in all of the hospitals of Des Moines and is on the staff
of the Broadlawns County Hospital. Always interested in civic affairs, he is
an enthusiastic and constructive member of the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce.
With his family he belongs to the Presbyterian Church.
In 1924 Doctor Kast was united in marriage with Miss Doris Giebrich, who was
born in Illinois, and educated in country schools, the high school at
Indianola, and Battle Creek College, Battle Creek, Michigan, from which she was
graduated in March, 1919. For ten years prior to her marriage she was engaged
as an educator, having taught in the public schools of Des Moines during the
last five years. Doctor and Mrs. Kast are the parents of one daughter; Evelyn
Marle, born November 12, 1927.
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