Rev. Charles O Fallon Mastin

The Rev. Charles Oâ€™Fallon Mastin of Salisbury, MD died at his home on Sunday, February 3, 2008. He was 83. Born in St. Louis, MO, November 14, 1924, he was the son of the late Dr. Edward and Eleanor Chase Mastin, and was the grandson of the Rt. Rev. Charles Franklin Robertson, who was the third Bishop of Missouri. He was educated at the Taylor School in St. Louis, and attended Amherst College. His college education was cut short by World War II and he joined the Army in 1943 as a surgical/medical technician. He served with the 196th General Hospital in France. He was honorably discharged April 17, 1946. In 1946 he married Georgann Logsdon of Carmi, IL. He worked for The International Shoe Co. in Sikeston, MO and Poplar Bluff, MO prior to moving to Wilmington, DE in 1950 to work for Ralston Purina Co. In 1958 he received his degree in history from the University of Delaware. He spent three years at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA where he received a Master of Divinity in 1961 and was ordained in the Episcopal Church in 1962. His first position was at Calvary Hillcrest, Wilmington, DE. He was called as Rector to the Church of the Good Shepherd in Scranton, PA in 1963, and then in 1968 was called as Rector to Christ Church, Easton, MD. It was at Christ Church where Father Mastin as a spiritual leader was very involved in the community. A quiet but intellectually vibrant man, Father Mastin loved people. He loved parish life and was known for his pastoral care, his extraordinary commitment to his ministry and for initiating a Healing Ministry. Father Mastin was Chairman of the Standing Committee for the Diocese of Easton from 1975 to 1984. In 1986 Father Mastin retired from Christ Church, Easton and moved to Richmond, VA. He and his wife spent the early years of their retirement studying and traveling the world. During this educational and personal odyssey, he made three trips to St. Georgeâ€™s College in Jerusalem. There he initiated a building fund for several renovations to the college. In Virginia, Father Mastin was licensed as a supply priest and served several churches. The Mastins moved to Burlington, NC where they lived for four years. In the late 1990â€™s the Mastins moved to Salisbury, MD where he continued his supply ministry at the historic St. Philipâ€™s Episcopal Church in Quantico for two years. He was a long-time member of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution. Father Mastin is survived by his wife of sixty-two years, Georgann Logsdon Mastin and five children, Caroline Mastin Welsh of Tupper Lake, NY, Louise Mastin Baris of East Fairfield, VT, Susan Mastin Lane of Easton, MD, Zemma Mastin White of Washington, CT, and William McDowell Mastin of Boydton, VA; two sisters, Eleanor Mastin Ward of Rochester, NY, Rebecca Mastin Perkins of Pittsford, NY; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A son, Edward Vernon Mastin, II died in infancy. Services will be held on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 11:00 AM at Christ Church, St. Peterâ€™s Parish in Easton, MD with the Rt. Rev. James J. Shand and the Rev. Dr. William J. Ortt officiating. Inurnment will be at Whitemarsh Cemetery in Trappe, MD. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Christ Church General Memorial Fund, Christ Church, 111 S. Harrison St., Easton, MD 21601. Arrangements are by Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Easton, MD.