Lynn Faust

Lynn Faust, 93, of Alta died Oct. 24, 2025, at Ruthven Care Center.

Memorial services will take place Friday, Oct. 31, at 10:30 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Alta. Burial will be in Elk Township Cemetery in Alta. Visitation will be held Thursday, Oct. 30, from 4-7 p.m. at Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake.

Lynn was born on April 25, 1932, in Alta, the oldest child of Nettie (Lindlief) and Raymond Faust. He met his future wife, Louise Fondroy, shortly before Uncle Sam called him to serve his country. He was very proud of his time in the military. He served two years with 16 months of that time in Korea in a combat area. He trained at Fort Sill in heavy artillery and spent his time in Korea in the mountains surveying in the points for aiming and shooting. While he was up in the mountains surveying, the group stopped to eat their C rations, and they came upon three Koreans. They couldn’t tell if they were friends or enemies. Those of you who knew Lynn will not be surprised to learn that he didn’t shoot. Instead, he shared his C rations. It became a routine. The Koreans always seemed to know where they were at and every day they would show up where they were eating. One day they indicated they wanted the boxes because they used them to build shelter.

Lynn returned home to start farming and marry Louise Fondroy. Farming was his passion, and he spent the rest of his life feeding and caring for his cattle and crops with his son Steve. Daughter Nancy moved to California to build a career as a personal trainer. While she built her career, another person joined their family. Nancy married Christopher Mankiewicz.

Besides farming Lynn found time to serve his church as an usher, trustee, elder and many years he and Louise were sponsors for the church youth group. He was a 4-H leader for 15 years. He joined the Masonic Lodge and became a past Master. He also joined the Elks Lodge and was a past Exalted ruler.

The family always found time to have fun camping and traveled to Montana to buy cattle. Later they enjoyed their home in Okoboji. He had a life well lived and will be missed.

He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Louise; his son Steven; and daughter Nancy. He was lucky to have a wonderful extended family of nieces and nephews who loved him. He delighted in spending time with them. He really missed his time in the toy section when they got older.

His parents, siblings and son-in-law all preceded him in death.

We will miss his positive attitude and his love of life. We all wish him Happy Trails.