Times-News, The (Twin Falls, ID)
May 6, 2003
Richard "Dick" Howard Kaster
Richard "Dick" Howard Kaster, passed away peacefully, May 4, 2003, at his home in Buhl, Idaho. Dick was born December 10, 1924, in Cheyenne, Wy. to Howard and Stella Kaster. He was one of four children. He grew up during the great Depression in Brighton, Colorado. Dick was very active in sports throughout his school years. He was a member of the Brighton High School team which won the State Football Championship in 1941.
Dick joined the Marines in the fall of 1942. He was assigned to the D-Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th artillery regiment of the First Marine Division. He served throughout the South Pacific including the islands of New Brittan, Peleliu and Okinawa. He was discharged as a Staff Sergeant in 1945. He was wounded three times, receiving three Purple Hearts and a Letter and Ribbon of Commendation.
Dick returned home to Colorado in 1945, working for his father, where they seined fish in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, to sell to the fish hatcheries in Colorado for fish food, until 1958. During this time he met and married Edith Oler on July 23, 1949, at the Loyola Catholic Church in Denver, Co. To this marriage of 53 years, 7 children were born.
In 1962 the family moved to Wendell, Id., where Dick worked for Rim View Trout Company. In 1965 the family moved to Briggs Creek Ranch in Buhl, where they built fish ponds and raised trout until he retired in 1999. In the '70s and '80s, Dick also did construction work where he developed the Oregon Trail Subdivision, broke ground for the 2nd nine holes at Clear Lakes Golf Course with his HD 21 Dozer, also breaking ground and helping in the starting construction of Clear Lakes Fish Hatchery. He built roads in Box Canyon to bring water across the Snake River, which is now known as the Clear Springs, Box Canyon Hatchery. Dick was involved with numerous hydroelectric projects in the Magic Valley.
Dick loved children and animals and was a man of vision.
Dick is survived by his wife, Edith Kaster, Buhl, Id.; children, Linda Dale Fleischman, Boise, Id., Leslie Lance Leckenby, Buhl, Id., Rick Karen Kaster, Twin Falls, Id., Scott Lillie Kaster Buhl, Id., Crystal Juker, Buhl, Id., and Sherri Clint Allen, Buhl, Id.; 20 grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard and Stella Kaster, brother Robert Kaster, sister Pauline Kaster and son Craig Robert Kaster.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at the Immaculate Conception Church, Thursday, May 8, 2003, at 11 a.m. A Rosary will be held Wednesday, May 7, at 7 p.m. Interment will follow the mass at the West End Cemetery, Buhl. A viewing will be held at the Farmer Funeral Chapel, 130 N. 9th in Buhl. Wednesday from 1-5 p.m.
Richard "Dick" Howard Kaster, passed away peacefully, May 4, 2003, at his home in Buhl, Idaho. Dick was born December 10, 1924, in Cheyenne, Wy. to Howard and Stella Kaster. He was one of four children. He grew up during the great Depression in Brighton, Colorado. Dick was very active in sports throughout his school years. He was a member of the Brighton High School team which won the State Football Championship in 1941.
Dick joined the Marines in the fall of 1942. He was assigned to the D-Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th artillery regiment of the First Marine Division. He served throughout the South Pacific including the islands of New Brittan, Peleliu and Okinawa. He was discharged as a Staff Sergeant in 1945. He was wounded three times, receiving three Purple Hearts and a Letter and Ribbon of Commendation.
Dick returned home to Colorado in 1945, working for his father, where they seined fish in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, to sell to the fish hatcheries in Colorado for fish food, until 1958. During this time he met and married Edith Oler on July 23, 1949, at the Loyola Catholic Church in Denver, Co. To this marriage of 53 years, 7 children were born.
In 1962 the family moved to Wendell, Id., where Dick worked for Rim View Trout Company. In 1965 the family moved to Briggs Creek Ranch in Buhl, where they built fish ponds and raised trout until he retired in 1999. In the '70s and '80s, Dick also did construction work where he developed the Oregon Trail Subdivision, broke ground for the 2nd nine holes at Clear Lakes Golf Course with his HD 21 Dozer, also breaking ground and helping in the starting construction of Clear Lakes Fish Hatchery. He built roads in Box Canyon to bring water across the Snake River, which is now known as the Clear Springs, Box Canyon Hatchery. Dick was involved with numerous hydroelectric projects in the Magic Valley.
Dick loved children and animals and was a man of vision.
Dick is survived by his wife, Edith Kaster, Buhl, Id.; children, Linda Dale Fleischman, Boise, Id., Leslie Lance Leckenby, Buhl, Id., Rick Karen Kaster, Twin Falls, Id., Scott Lillie Kaster Buhl, Id., Crystal Juker, Buhl, Id., and Sherri Clint Allen, Buhl, Id.; 20 grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard and Stella Kaster, brother Robert Kaster, sister Pauline Kaster and son Craig Robert Kaster.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at the Immaculate Conception Church, Thursday, May 8, 2003, at 11 a.m. A Rosary will be held Wednesday, May 7, at 7 p.m. Interment will follow the mass at the West End Cemetery, Buhl. A viewing will be held at the Farmer Funeral Chapel, 130 N. 9th in Buhl. Wednesday from 1-5 p.m.