Abner Durelle Fast ^{1 2}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Blue Creek Township, Paulding, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 585A, Roll 1056
Blue Creek Township, Paulding County, Ohio
Abner D. Fost..Son..7..OH
(Living with parents.)

2. Obituary: Van Wert Times Bulletin, 21 May 1953, Van Wert, Ohio, United States. Abner Fast of Near Haviland Succumbs

Abner D Fast, 80, a retired farmer who lived on-half mile east of Haviland, died at 3:30 PM Wednesday in St. Joseph's Hospital in Fort Wayne. Cause of death was complications following an extended illness.

Mr. Fast's wife, Edna, died several years ago.

The deceased was born in Mercer County in 1872. He had lived for many years near Haviland, where he operated a farm and also a gas station, the latter in Haviland.

Surviving are two daughters and four sons. They are Jennie Fast, at home; Mrs. Opal Dangler of Lima; Clair Fast, at home; Paul Fast of Petersburg, Ind; Abraham Fast of Grover Hill; and Gaylord Fast of Van Wert. There are 12 grandchildren surviving.

Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Saturday in the Baptist Church of Haviland. Burial will be in Blue Creek cemetery in charge of the Didrick Funeral Home of Grover Hill.

Friends may call at the family residence after noon Friday
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3. Cemetery: Blue Creek Cemetery, 23 May 1953, Haviland, Paulding, Ohio, United States. ² Abner and his wife, Edna, share one common gravestone along with two of their children whose names are inscribed on the base. The monument is a gray granite with a polished vertical face. The inscription reads "FAST - Abner D. 1872 - 1953; Edna F. 1879 - 1948". Below that it reads "In Civil Service for 33 years". Along the base, it reads "Cleo V. 1896 - 1896; Oscar C. 1897 - 1916".

Find A Grave Memorial #144587215
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Abner married Edna Florence Horney, daughter of John J. Horney and Didama Ann Wright, on 27 November 1895 in Paulding, Ohio, United States. (Edna Florence Horney was born on 23 May 1879 in Dublin Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States,³ died on 21 November 1948 in Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States ³ and was buried on 24 November 1948 in Haviland, Paulding, Ohio, United States ³.)