Donald “Don” Kost, 79, of Washburn, died Sunday, December 28, 2025, at Edgewood Dominion, in Bismarck, ND. Funeral services will be held at Washburn United Methodist Church on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at 10:30AM. Visitation will be one hour prior at the church. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Washburn, ND with full military honors.

Donny was born in a 1941 Plymouth Coupe near Wilton, ND on October 5, 1946, to Albert and Eunice (Keck) Kost and had 2 brothers Terry and James Kost. He graduated from Washburn High School in 1964, while in high school he played football, basketball, track and Legion baseball. His senior year he was captain of the football and basketball teams.

He attended Dickinson State College and graduated in 1968, with a Bachelor of Science degree in secondary education, majored in math, and minored in physical education. Don was a teacher and an assistant football and basketball coach in LaMoure, ND for a few years. Later he taught at Jim Hill Junior High in Minot for a year before moving back to the farm where he made it his home until moving to Edgewood Dominion in Bismarck.

Don served in the United States Army in Vietnam and was honorably discharged in 1971. He farmed, ranched, drove school bus, and was a substitute teacher of all levels at Washburn School.

He was a member of the Washburn American Legion Post 12 and longtime member of the Washburn Riverview Cemetery Committee and Germans from Russia Society in ND, attending many of the national conventions, gathering family history of his mom and dad’s family.

He truly enjoyed sports, his favorite teams: Green Bay, (7 trip to Lambeau Field with Ken, Dewey, and Don with a few others along the way) Yankees, Celtics, his beloved Washburn Cardinals, and DSU Blue Hawks. Don spent time or traveling with longtime friends and family, one of his many trips he returned to Vietnam with Ken Carr and walked in the footsteps where Clay Carr walked in battle of Hue, as well as the places where Don himself served.

Don is survived by his brother James “Jim” Kost, nephew Shannon (Lisa) Kost, nieces Cindy (Terry) Walcker, Chondra (Morris) Kost Bauer, longtime friends Dewey and Wanda Oster, Jennifer Carr, Ann (Tony) Carr Siemenski, Joe Carr, Erin Carr, Elaine Carr, Lowell Rothmann, Rob and Bonnie McAdoo, Dennis and Betty Kost, Pablo and Colette Ronderos, along with many great nieces and nephews, extended family and his new friends and staff at Edgewood.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Terry Kost, and longtime friends Ken and Clay Carr.