Donald Musch
June 21, 1965 – Sept. 30, 2022
Donald Peter Musch,
age 57, of Farmington
passed away peacefully
Friday, September 30,
2022.
Don was born on June
21, 1965, to his parents
Richard and Martha
(Sande) Musch in Minot,
North Dakota. He grew up
on a farm and was the
youngest of six kids. Don
learned to farm and hunt
from his dad, but gained
his exceptional cooking
and baking skills from his
mom. He attended high
school in Berthold, ND
where he was an Honor
Student, active in FFA,
and graduated in 1983. He
attended college at NDSU
before moving to the Twin
Cities metro area where
he met the love of his life,
Barb, in 1985. After get-
ting married in 1991, Don
and Barb spent time trav-
eling, trying new restau-
rants, and visiting family
and friends. Don loved his
job working for King
Technology. He enjoyed
fishing and hunting, and
was always up for an ad-
venture. He was an avid
Pinochle player with the
Musch family and always
looked forward to a poker
game with his buddies.
Most of all, he loved
spending time with his
many nieces, nephews,
and godchildren shooting
rockets, camping, carving
pumpkins, and teaching
them to drive. In 1998
Don was blessed to re-
ceive a donor organ from
his amazing niece,
Stephanie and routinely
bragged about his “blonde
kidney”.
Don was preceded in
death by his parents,
Richard and Martha
Musch; his oldest brother,
James Musch; mother-
in-law, Irma Carlson,
brother-in-law Glen Carl-
son, and nephew, Richard
Rose.
Don is survived by his
wife, Barb; sisters, Geri
Moeckel, Joan Musch, and
Susan Roise; brother,
Steve Musch; father-
in-law, Dick Carlson; and
numerous nieces, neph-
ews, godchildren,
cousins, and in-laws. A
Memorial Service will be
held on Friday, October 7,
2022 at 11:30 a.m. at
Starkson Family Life Cele-
bration Chapel, 3075 Ver-
million St. in Hastings. A
visitation will be held two
hours prior to the service
at the funeral home with a
lunch reception to follow
the service.
Godspeed Donno, our
loving husband, brother,
good friend, “godfadda”
and Uncle Switzerland.
In lieu of flowers, you
may donate to The Ameri-
can Diabetes Association.