Editing Fast, Helena Wiens (1895-1970)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1970 Oct 02 p. 30

Birth date: 1895 Aug 30

text of obituary:

<center><h3>HELENA FAST</h3></center>

(Mrs.) Helena Fast, nee Wiens, was
born lin Sagradowka, South Russia, on
August 30, 1895. In her youth she
-accepted Christ as Sav,ior and was ,later
baptized and received into the Mennonite
Brethren Church. On her 22nd birthday
s'he was married to John Fast. The Lord
blessed their marriage wi,th nline sons and
thr-ee daughters, seven of them born
before they -came to Canada in 1926. Two
sons died -in infancy. The family ,came
first to Beechy, Sask., i'n the'ir sea'rclh -for
a new home in Canada, and lived there
from 1926 to 1938. Then they moved 'to
Ontario, settling on a farm near V'irg'il.
There the father died quite sudden'lyin
1944. The family rema-ined on the farm
a few more years before mov:ing to
Virg,i'i. The sudden passing of three sons
and a grandson caused the widow much
g'rief. Each time, however, the Lord gave
sufficient gra'ce. During the past year,
Mrs. Fast had Hved in the Tabor Manor,
in St. Catharines. A few days p,rior to
her death she had attended the wedding
of her grandda'ughter, Virg,ini-a Wichert,
to Hartmut Wiens and at therecepl1ion
was g'iven a cake by the bridal co'uple
in honor of her 75th b1irthday. She passed
away on September 2. The fune-ral service
was held on September 4 in the Virgil
Ohureh. Messa-ges of consoIatli-on were
brought by Rudy Barte-I and John G.
Baerg. She is survived by four sons, John
of .A:bbotsford, -B.C., Qiock and George of
R.R. 1, N-iagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., and
Peter of V,irgil; three daughters, Mrs.
John (Marie) Braun of Admiral, Sask.,
Mrs. Henry (Tina) Wichert of Virgi:l, and
Mrs. John (Martha) Voth of N:iagara
Fallis; as wel'l as 48 grandchildren and
two great grandchildren.

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