Jane Mast, of Volga, passed away on Monday, June 4, 2018, at the Avera McKennen Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  Funeral Services will be held on Sunday, June 10, 2018, at the First Lutheran Church in Volga, South Dakota at 3:00 p.m.  Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. prior to services.  Interment will take place immediately following the funeral service at Trinity Cemetery in Volga.  Eidsness Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

JANE MAST was born May 29, 1926, to Dauwe and Rena (Alger) Bajema of Friesland, Netherlands.  She died Sunday, (midnite) June 3, 2018, at Avera Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD, at the age of 92.

Before immigrating to America at age 10, Jane attended primary school in Woudsend,  Netherlands.  She completed twelfth grade in Artesia, California.  Jane met John Mast when he was on Army leave in California, where they married in Bellflower Christian Reformed Church on VJ Day, August 14, 1945.  They moved to the farm near Volga where Jane lived for 70 years until entering the United Living Center in Brookings April, 2015.

Jane was a busy homemaker and dedicated mother and she worked full time in retail sales in Brookings, until her retirement.  She also worked as a model home associate while spending winters in California.

Jane was a member of First Lutheran Church in Volga and was active in Sunday School and Women's Circle, helping serve many church dinners and coffees.  She was a member of Brookings Extension Club and took Art classes at SDSU.  She enjoyed gardening, crocheting, knitting, fashion design and sewing.  She was a current events fanatic and keen observer of humanity. She delighted in art,  music, and drama,  particularly as she viewed  the talents of her many children.  Above all, Jane enjoyed God's natural creation around her – sunny days, stormy days, and colorful skies and flowers.  Despite considerable physical pain in her later years,  Jane enjoyed her life, delighted in her family, and tried to live always according to God's intention for her.

Survivors include eight children: Dr. John David Mast and his wife, Kathy of Tracy, California, Rosella Deardorff and her husband, Jeff of  Chicago, Illinois, Cynthia Maher of Novi, Michigan, Daniel Mast and his wife, Diana of Tracy, California, Philip Mast and Barb, of Brandon, SD,  Marsha Van Prooyen and her husband John of Cape Coral, Florida, Kevin Mast of Volga, and Sherry Mast of Santa Rosa, California;  13 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren; four sisters: Trudi Kooiman and Alice Van Esch of California, Julie Smith of Washington , and Rhea Davis of Nevada; and two sisters-in-law:  Clara Mast of Volga, and Ruth Mast of Denver, Colorado;  Jane was preceded in death by a two year old son, Darrell; her husband, John, her parents, two sisters,  Beatrice Bajema and Lillie Bakker, and brother, Klass Bajema.