Fast, Marjorie Eloise

Fast, Marjorie Eloise

Female 1928 - 2013  (84 years)

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    Marjorie Eloiise Fast - 1940 United States Federal Census
    Marjorie Eloiise Fast - 1940 United States Federal Census

  • Name Fast, Marjorie Eloise  [1, 2
    Born 27 Feb 1928  Newton, Harvey, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1930  Newton, Harvey, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1940  Newton, Harvey, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 5 Feb 2013  North Newton, Harvey, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Kidron Bethel Retirement Home
    Buried Moundridge, McPherson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • West Zion Cemetery
    Person ID I19291  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 

    Father Fast, Henry A,   b. 1895, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Schindler, Mary Ethel,   b. 24 Jul 1899, Grove, Davis, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F11061  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Schowalter, Duane Eugene,   b. 30 May 1925, Wichita, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1987, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 26 May 1951 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Schowalter, Stephanie  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F7666  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Franz, Earl 
    Married 2000  [3
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F11065  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 Feb 1928 - Newton, Harvey, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Newton, Harvey, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1940 - Newton, Harvey, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Feb 2013 - North Newton, Harvey, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Moundridge, McPherson, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • The Kansan.com Feb 19, 2013

      KS_Newton -- Marjorie Fast Schowalter (Franz), age 84, died peacefully on Feb. 5, 2013, at Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton, where she had resided for the past five years.

      She had been an elementary music teacher, an accomplished pianist and costume seamstress prior to the onset of crippling arthritis. Margie received her music degree in 1949 from Bethel College in North Newton, with additional studies at Wichita State University.

      Her first husband, Duane Schowalter, a Boeing engineer, preceded her in death in 1987. In 2000 she married Earl Franz of Lind, Wash., a former friend from Bethel College days.

      She is survived by her husband, Earl; two sons, Tim (and Cathy) Schowalter and Steve (and Marna) Schowalter; two daughters, Cynthia (and Don) Kinkade and Stephanie (and Robbie) Pollack; two granddaughters, Shannon (and Jed) Heuberger and Corin (and Dave) Hammond; a sister, Florence (and Merle) Siebert; a brother, Richard (and Maryann) Fast; three step-daughters, Yvonne Redelfs, Gail Hudson and Jeanette Filan; seven step-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren.

      Also preceding her in death were her parents, Dr. Henry and Ethyl Fast, and an 8-year-old sister, Elinor.

      Memorial services are being held in the Bethel College Mennonite Church in North Newton on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 11 a.m. She has donated her body to the University of Kansas Medical Center.

      Memorials can be sent to "Bethel College Christian Education Student Scholarship Fund" or “Fine Arts Center Improvement Fund."

      Arrangements made by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton. Friends may sign the book online at www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.

  • Sources 
    1. [S802] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Newton, Harvey, Kansas; Roll: T627_1234; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 40-21.
      Record for Marjorie Fast
      Marjorie Eloiise Fast - 1940 United States Federal Census
      Marjorie Eloiise Fast - 1940 United States Federal Census


    2. [S444] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Newton, Harvey, Kansas; Roll: 705; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 422.0; FHL microfilm: 2340440.
      Record for Henry A Fast
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    3. [S814] obituary - Marjorie Schowalter, The Kansan.com.