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Kent Feeds founder Gage A. Kent dies at 75
Gage A. Kent, 75, founder of Kent Feeds, died Saturday at his Graettinger home from complications after a May stroke. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church Muscatine with burial Greenwood Cemetery. Kent, native of Graettinger, started the seed company in 1927 in Indianola, rebuilt in Muscatine after a 1936 plant fire, pioneering river transport for feed. He helped form Grain Processing Corp. in 1943 to operate a government alcohol plant in Muscatine. it later became a major producer of grain neutral spirits and related products. He retired 1966 and was honorary president. Survivors include wife Nancy, sons James and Harold, and six grandchildren.
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Kent Feeds
First Baptist Church
Muscatine
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Fairbanks-Lamb Funeral Home
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Indianola
Mississippi River
Iowa
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S.G. Stein
Grain Processing Corp
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Tampa
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