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Fast, Nick (1875-1959)
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Here he spent his boyhood days and learned to know Jesus as Savior and friend. He was baptized upon his confession of faith by the Elder Peter Friesen and received as a member of the Bethesda Mennonite Church on Pentecost 1895. |
Here he spent his boyhood days and learned to know Jesus as Savior and friend. He was baptized upon his confession of faith by the Elder Peter Friesen and received as a member of the Bethesda Mennonite Church on Pentecost 1895. |
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| − | Later he moved to Medford, Okla. On Nov. 3, 1901, he entered holy wedlock with Mary Becker of Inman, Kansas. Farming was practiced for a livlihood |
+ | Later he moved to Medford, Okla. On Nov. 3, 1901, he entered holy wedlock with Mary Becker of Inman, Kansas. Farming was practiced for a livlihood [''sic'']. They lived in various places in Oklahoma, including western Kansas and eastern Colorado. They came to California in 1927 and joined the First Mennonite Church of Reedley in 1928. To this union were born five children, all of whom have survived their parents. This union was broken when mother passed away in the spring of 1934. |
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Revision as of 15:56, 19 April 2018
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Jun 4 p. 8
Birth date: 1875 Feb 26
NICK FAST
Nick Fast of Reedley, Calif., was born Feb. 26, 1875, in South Russia, the son of George and Sarah Reimer Fast. He came to the United States with his parents when he was but three years old. The settled near Henderson, Neb.
Here he spent his boyhood days and learned to know Jesus as Savior and friend. He was baptized upon his confession of faith by the Elder Peter Friesen and received as a member of the Bethesda Mennonite Church on Pentecost 1895.
Later he moved to Medford, Okla. On Nov. 3, 1901, he entered holy wedlock with Mary Becker of Inman, Kansas. Farming was practiced for a livlihood [sic]. They lived in various places in Oklahoma, including western Kansas and eastern Colorado. They came to California in 1927 and joined the First Mennonite Church of Reedley in 1928. To this union were born five children, all of whom have survived their parents. This union was broken when mother passed away in the spring of 1934.
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