DEATH: Orlando J. Fast

Orlando J. Fast, 93, died Jan. 20, 2019 at Kidron Bethel, N. Newton, KS.

Burial was held at the Goessel Mennonite Church cemetery at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.

Visitation was from 5-9 p.m. on Thursday at Petersen Funeral Home with the family receiving friends from 6:30-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

A memorial service followed at 11 a.m. at Bethel College Mennonite Church in North Newton with Pastor’s Dawn Yoder Harms and Susan Wheeler presiding.

Memorials are suggested to Bethel College Mennonite Church or Mennonite Missions Network in care of Petersen Funeral Home.

He was born Sept. 17, 1925, in Goessel, KS to Peter B. and Helena (Balzer) Fast. He married Maxine Ruth on March 20, 1949.

Survivors include his sister Ruth Reather, of Tulsa, OK, his daughter Barbara of Norman, OK; son Arlen and his wife Anne Ediger of Teaneck, NJ; son Russell and his wife Irma of Dickinson, ND; son Galen and his wife Cindy of Wichita. He is also survived by five grandchildren.

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