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Fast, Robert Lowell (1955-1955)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 Jan 12 p. 8
Birth date: 1955 Nov 26
text of obituary:
ROBERT LOWELL FAST
Robert Lowell, son of Menno and Naomi (Brubaker) Fast of Lexington, Kentucky, was born Nov. 26, 1955, and died Dec.24,1955, at the age of four weeks.
Robert was a beautiful, healthy baby in his short life, and was sick only the last two days. The exact nature of the illness which caused his death has not been determined.
He is survived by his parents and two sisters, Catherine Louise and Elisabeth Anne, his paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Fast of Newton, Kansas, and his maternal grandparents, Rev. and Mrs. Jacob E. Brubaker of Lancaster, Penn.
Services were conducted Dec. 27, 1955 at the funeral home by Rev. Jacob E. Brubaker, using the text Job 1:21: "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, Blessed be the name of the Lord." Interment was made at the Lexington Cemetery with Rev. Wayne Todd in charge.
