DAVEN-PORT,
Iowa - Peggy J. Gast, 60,
Davenport, died Monday, Dec. 18, 2006, at
Genesis Medical Center East
Campus,
Davenport.
Burial will be at
Davenport Memorial
Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Gast was born Dec. 9, 1946, in
Burlington, the daughter of Max and Wilma
Lincoln Kuhlenbeck. She married Eugene 'Skip'
Gast on July 10, 1971, in
Davenport.
She had been employed as a teacher in the
Davenport Public
Schools. She had also owned and operated Gene
Gast Music,
Bettendorf, with her husband for 20 years.
She was a very active member of
Cedar Memorial, where she taught Sunday school for more than 40 years.
She adored her grandchildren and snow baby collection. She was the most giving person. She would always put others before herself, especially when it came to children.
Survivors include her loving husband; a son, William
Gast and wife Marjorie of Davenport; a daughter, Melody Joy Clifford and husband Wayne of Davenport; five grandchildren, Elora
Gast,
Cecilia Clifford, Caelan
Gast, Warren Clifford and Moira Gast; a brother, Ken Kuhlenbeck and wife
Tami of
Milan, Ill.; two nephews, Joe and Brad Kuhlenbeck; mother-in-law, Rosemary
Gast of Davenport; an aunt, Mary Ellen
Kopp of
Council Bluffs; and many cousins.
