Mast, Dorothy Marie Stutzman (1917-2007)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Mar 5 p. 13

Birth date: 1917 Aug 25

text of obituary:

DOROTHY MARIE MAST

Dorothy Marie Mast, 89, died Feb. 10, 2007. She was born Aug. 25, 1917, to Samuel and Barbara (Slagell) Stutzman, northeast of Weatherford, Okla.

She grew up in the Weatherford area, attending school at Cedar Grade School, Jabbok High School and Hesston (Kan.) Academy. After Hesston, she taught school at Daisy Rural School near Yoder, Kan., and at Jefferson School, rural Thomas, Okla.

On June 28, 1941, she married Levi Mast at Pleasant View Mennonite Church. They lived in Thomas until 1948, when they moved to a farm northeast of Weatherford.

She worked alongside Levi on the farm, and later at TG&Y in Weatherford, a chiropractor’s office, and at the Thomas Hospital. Starting in 1973, she accompanied Levi on at least six assignments in Central America and the West Indies, where they worked with Eastern Mennonite Missions, Hospital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti and Church World Service. While Levi worked with water well drilling, she volunteered in an orphanage and in a variety of missionary activities. Their home in Haiti became a guest house for many mission workers and others who found a home away from home while in Port-au-Prince.

Her main interests were her family and the activities of the church. She accepted Christ at an early age and was a lifelong member of Pleasant View Mennonite Church, where she taught Sunday school and Bible school for many years. She enjoyed gardening, needlework and any activity that included family and friends.

Survivors include two sons, Daryl Mast and his wife, Miriam, of Weatherford, currently residing in Harrisonburg, Va., and Delvin Mast and his wife, Anita, of Weatherford; two brothers, Roy Stutzman of Hutchison [sic Hutchinson], Kan., and Howard Stutzman of La Junta, Colo.; and five grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Levi; a son in infancy, Eldon Wayne; two sisters, Lois Waters and Ruth Miller; and a brother, Myron Stutzman.