Mastre, Isaac N. (1860-1943)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1943 Jul 1 p. 3

Birth date: 1860 May 6

text of obituary:

ISAAC N. MASTRE

Isaac N. Mastre was born May 6, 1860, near Red Wing, Minn. In his youth he moved with his parents to Washington and Oregon, where they lived for three years. From there they moved to Clear Lake, Iowa. In the year 1879 he with his family and many neighbors drove with oxen to the state of North Dakota, where Father Mastre took up a homestead and was among the first settlers in that community.

November 16, 1887, he was united in marriage with Anna Prestholt. They were blessed with eight children.

At about 30 years of age he felt his lost condition and found peace with God. After considerable searching and many prayers it was revealed to him where to go to find a people with whom he could feel united in spirit. Through much opposition and many hard trials from without he laid a foundation from which he never wavered.

In 1891 he was added to the Church of God in Christ (Mennonite) through baptism by the late Brother John Holdeman. On December 25, 1892, he was ordained to the ministry, also by Brother Holdeman.

He was preceded in death by two sons, one dying in infancy and the other, Frank, passing to his reward in 1930, at the age of 36 years. Also four grandchildren preceded him in death.