Fast, Isaac B. (1884-1971)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 21 Oct 1971 p. 8

Birth date: 1884

text of obituary:

Newton and Vicinity

Isaac B. Fast, 87, died unexpectedly last Saturday at the home near Goessel. He was a retired farmer and lifetime resident of that community. He was formerly a deacon of the Goessel Mennonite Church, and served on the school board and the board of the Bethesda Hospital and Home Society. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Goessel Church, with Rev. Henry Goossen officiating. Mr. Fast leaves his widow, the former Aganetha Unruh; one son, Menno, of Lincoln, Neb.; two daughters, Mrs. Milton Schmidt of rural Walton, and Mrs. Homer Waltner of Freeman, S. D.; a sister, Mrs. P. S. Voth of Goessel; and six grandchildren.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 16 Dec 1971 p. 11

text of obituary:

ISAAC B. FAST

Isaac B. Fast, son of Isaac and Susanna Wedel Fast, was born on Feb. 16, 1884, near Goessel, Kan. He received his education in the Gordon School and Bethel College Academy from which he graduated in 1909. After attending the Marion County Teachers Institute, he received his teaching certificate. He taught in the following grade schools: Berlin, Good Hope, Steinbach, Emmenthal, and Gordon, a total of seven years.

He was baptized