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Fast, Gerhard (1856-1942)
From Biograph
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1942 Nov 26 p. 8
Birth date: 1856 May 27
text of obituary:
ONE OF FOUNDERS OF BRUDERTALER CHURCH CALLED AWAY IN DEATH
Mt. Lake, Minn., Nov. 19. — Death came Friday to one of Mountain Lake's oldest residents. Gerhard Fast, 86, died at 7:15 a. m. at his home here, following a serious illness of several weeks.
He was born in Gehortemgale, South Russia, on May 27, 1856. He came to this country in 1875 along with his parents and four brothers and sisters. The family settled on a farm northwest of Mountain Lake.
