Peter P. Horst

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Peter Horst

Following a brief illness Peter Horst, a former well known farmer of South Easthope, passed away in K-W Hospital on Tuesday afternoon at the age of 81 years. Mr. Horst was born in North Easthope April 26, 1876, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Horst, and following his marriage in September 1906 moved onto the Weicker farm on the Gravel Road, three miles west of New Hamburg, where he farmed for 28 years. Upon his retirement he lived for a number of years in Baden, and for the past three years in Kitchener, where he was a member of St Peter's Lutheran Church. Surviving are his wife, the former Otilla Weicker; a son, Neil, Kitchener; five daughters, Mrs. Neil (Ruby) Rupert, Stratford; Mrs. Wm. (Verna) Metcalf, Mrs. Arthur (Reta) Henrich, and Mrs. Harold (Shirley) Calvert, all of Kitchener; four sisters, Mrs. Emma Snyder, Baden; Miss Annie Horst, Kitchener; Mrs. Gordon Ellis, California; and Mrs. Thomas Letson, London; 15 grandchildren and one great-grandson. The funeral will be held this afternoon with service at Ratz-Bechtel funeral home, Kitchener, at 2:00

New Hamburg, Independent 1 Jan 1958

Peter — Otilla Weicker. Otilla (daughter of Jacob Z. Weicker and Anna Barbara Haller) was born 29 May 1881, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1963; was buried , Lingelbach Cemetery, South Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Verna Horst