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Roseau - James passed away on July 16, 2016 at the Roseau LifeCare Manor

James Anton Gust was born on June 20, 1938 to John and Georgianna (Svoboda) Gust at the Gust family farm in Benwood, Poplar Grove Township, southeast of Badger. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Benwood. He accepted Jesus as his Savior on May 8, 2016.

James attended the little country school in Benwood through the eighth grade and then helped on the family farm. When James was a teenager his dad bought him his first car, which was an old “Model A” two-seat truck with a box in the b...