Mast, Louis David (1890-1928)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1928 Jun 27 p. 2

Birth date: 1890 Jul 8

text of obituary:

Louis David Mast

Louis David Mast, second son of Henry and Mary Rittler Mast, was born July 8, 1890 in Washington County, Iowa, on a farm near Olds where he spent his early life and young manhood. He passed away at the Washington hospital, June 4th, 1928 aged 37 years, 11 months and 4 days.

On February 25, 1915, he was united in marriage to Jemima Lance and they lived on the home farm for a number of years after which they moved to a farm near Washington. He united with the Emanuel Mennonite church near Noble at the age of 14 and has always lived an upright honorable life. An infant daughter born November 9, 1915 preceded him in death. those left to mourn their loved one are his wife, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mast and two brothers, Gladden W. and Paul R. Mast of the Crawfordsville community and a sorrowing circle of relatives and a host of friends who mourn his passing most sincerely for to know him was to love him.

Funeral services were held athe home Wednesday at 2 o'clock with burial at Eicher cemetery.

And as the death dew was damp on his brown he gave his last wish to the loved ones at his beside the wish that the last rites be spoken for him at his home where he and his dear wife had spent so many happy hours together. Rev. H. J. Schrag of Noble and Rev. J. J. Pritchard of Wayland spoke words of consolation from St. john 14-8 and 11-25.

Ross Severt, Mrs. Ed Wittrig, Jess Davies and Mrs. Allen Wenger sang softly, "God will take care of you," and two other appropriate selections and amid tears and flowers, sunshine and shadows the funeral cortege left the home and most tenderly his pals, William Keifer, Roy Scheible, Fred Burger, Lauder Kennedy, john Works and Lloyd Neiswanger, laid Louis Mast to rest beside the little country church where he worshiped when a lad to sleep among those whom he had "loved and lost awhile." — Wayland News.