n 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. To read the full obituary, please click here: http://www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/Donald-Trost?obId=2567304#/celebrationWall