This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fastner, Thomas, Dieter, Taylor, Tripp, Mart, Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2093 Message Board Post: Pauline (Polly) Fastner, 67 March 22, 2004 Pauline (Polly) Virginia Thomas Fastner, 67, Warsaw, Mo. died March 3 after a long illness. Polly was born in 1936 in Beebeetown to Chester O. and Myrtle M. Thomas, the youngest of six children. She was a graduate of Missouri Valley High School, Class of 1953. She received her certificate in X-ray technology in 1956 from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Polly was united in marriage to Karl D. Fastner, Nov. 30, 1957. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith in 1959. She was active in various organizations throughout her life. She served as a Republican Committee Woman for Lee's Summit, Mo., in 1970. She also served as President of the Ladies Auxiliary for the Turners Club of Kansas City in 1970. The family lived in Missouri Valley from 1971 through 1978. During this time, Polly worked at Byron Reed Co., Omaha. They returned to Lee's Summit in 1979 and Polly continued her career in real estate, working for various companies, including Coldwell Banker. The Fastners relocated to Warsaw in 1991 and Polly and her husband, Karl, and daughter Melanie, opened the Mule Barn Trade Fair in 1994. The business was sold in 2000 and Polly and Karl retired in the area. Her parents, two sisters, a brother and a son, Karl Thomas, preceded her in death. Polly is survived by her husband, Karl Dieter; daughter, Melanie and her husband, Chris Taylor; and grandchildren, James Christopher, Adrienne Rose and Holly Kay; sisters, Marjorie Tripp, Council Bluffs; Janice Mart, Altoona, their spouses and many nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, March 13 at 2 p.m. at the Reser Funeral Home, Warsaw. The family requests memorials be given to the Twin Lakes Hospice in lieu of flowers. Respectfully submitted for other researchers. ©MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES - NEWS 2004