Elmer William Fast ^{1 2}

  Noted events in his life were:

• His obituary was published in the Saint Mary's Evening Leader after 12 March 1973 in Saint Marys, OH.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday in Elm Grove Cemetery, Saint Mary's, for Elmer William Fast, Sr. of Saint Petersburg, Florida. Yoder-Long and Folk Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Rev. Mr. Richard P. Coad will officiate. Mr. Fast, 84, lived at 1331 49th S. North in Saint Petersburg. He died at 7:00 AM Monday. Born in Mercer County on December 19, 1888 he was the son of William and Mary Fowler Fast. His wife, Ida, survives with two daughters, Mrs. Fred Cook, Corpus Christi, Texas and Mrs. George Guy, Cardington, Ohio and three sons, Elmer W. Jr ., Ernest R. and Ross L. all of Saint Petersburg. There are 23 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren also surviving.

(Source: Saint Mary's Evening Leader, Saint Mary's, Ohio)
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• He was buried on 14 March 1973 in the Elm Grove Cemetery in Saint Marys, OH.

The gravestone for Elmer and Bertha Fast reads "FAST - Bertha, 1889-1945; Elmer W., 1888 - 1973".

Find A Grave Memorial #17014019
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Elmer married Bertha Harper, daughter of Joseph Harper and Julia Hoenie, on 25 August 1911. (Bertha Harper was born on 10 November 1889 in Celina, OH,³ died on 11 January 1945 in Lima, OH ³ and was buried after 11 January 1945 in Saint Marys, OH ³.)