Fast, Anna Thiessen (1880-1959)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Apr 9 p. 8

Birth date: 1880 Jun 20

text of obituary:

Anna Thiessen Fast, daughter of Abraham and Maria Friesen Thiessen, was born on June 20, 1880, at Henderson, Neb.where she spent the first 15 years of her life.

The family moved to Butterfield, Minn. in 1895. It was here, on June 2, 1900, that she was baptized upon confession of her faith in Jesus Christ as her personal Saviour by Elder H. H. Regier. On Sept. 12, 1902, the family moved to North Dakota and settled in Cavalier County, Trier Township, on a farm about five and one-half miles northwest of the present site of Munich. The following year she united with the Salem Mennonite Church of which she remained a faitful [sic'] member until her departure.

On Sept. 10, 1903, she was united in marriage to John A. Fast at Munich. They established their home on a farm three and one-half miles southeast of Munich. Six children were born to this union, of which two preceded her in death. In 1949 they moved their home to Munich. In September 1953 they were privileged to commemorate their golden wedding anniversary, the first such occasion in the history of the church. She and her husband shared joys and sorrows for 51 years, 10 months and 26 days. Her companion went to his heavenly Home on July 29, 1955.