Waterloo Region Generations
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Verna Lillian Holst

Female 1931 - 1932  (1 years)


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  • Name Verna Lillian Holst 
    Born 23 Apr 1931  [1
    Gender Female 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-156482 
    Died 20 Aug 1932  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I156482  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Eli Holst,   b. 12 Mar 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1941, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Elsie Burrows,   b. 1900,   d. 1990  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 1 Jan 1921  [2
    Family ID F6484  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Holst. - Verna Lillian, infant daughter of Eli and Elsie Holst, near New Hamburg, Ont., died Aug. 20, 1932; aged 1 y. 3 m. 27 d., after being ailing for several months. Her life on this earth was short, but we know she has gone where sin and sorrow are unknown. God saw fit to take this dear little one from us for He had need of her over there.

      "Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade,
      Death came with friendly care,
      This little bud to heaven conveyed
      And bade it blossom there."


      Before passing away she smilingly stretched out her little arms as if to go to someone. She leaves her parents and three little sisters. Funeral services were conducted on Aug. 22 at the home by Bro. Osias Cressman and at the Geiger Church by Bro. Moses H. Roth assisted by Bro. Cressman. Text, Job 1: 21. Interment in the adjoining cemetery.

      Gospel Herald - Volume XXV, Number 23 - September 8, 1932 - page 495, 496.

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Verna Lillian Holst - September 8, 1932 - page 495, 496.

    2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 1, 1942 - Obituary of Eli Holst.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Aug 1932 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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