Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

David B. Horst

Male 1912 - 2006  (94 years)


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  • Name David B. Horst 
    Born 1912  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1921  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-305560 
    Died 7 Nov 2006  St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I305560  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Menno B. Horst,   b. 30 Jul 1885, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1975, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Lovina Bauman,   b. 2 Oct 1883, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1975, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 24 May 1910  [3
    Family ID F27224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elva Snider,   b. 13 Mar 1918, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 2005, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Children 
     1. Marlene Elizabeth Horst
     2. Linda Jean Horst
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F49431  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • HORST, David B. - Peacefully, on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at Heritage House , St.Jacobs, David Horst age 94 years of St. Jacobs. Beloved husband of the late Elva (Snider) Horst (2005). Dear Father of Marlene and Murray Good of St. Jacobs, Linda and Paul Frey of St. Clements and Jeanette and Ron Seiling of RR 1, Elora. Also lovingly remembered by his grandchildren Michael (Stacey), Marcie (Allan) Klassen, Melissa and Maria (Trevor) Shaw, Benjamin Frey (Delia Baumgartner), Rebecca Seiling (Derek Suderman), Jonathan (Melissa), David (Shannon), Bethany (Brandon) Leis and by his great-grandchildren Chloe, Lauren and Jacob Good, Mitchell Klassen, Zoe and Eden Suderman. Brother of Mary Shantz of Cambridge, Barbara Horst of St. Jacobs, Elam and Myrtle Horst of Kitchener, Amon and Hilda Horst of New Hamburg, Martha and Roy Koch of Goshen, Indiana, Emma Brubacher of St. Jacobs, Mel and Leeta Horst of St. Jacobs and brother-in-law of Roy Waters of Guelph. Predeceased by his parents Menno and Lovina (Bauman) Horst; two sisters, Lena Erey and Verna Waters and his granddaughter, Gina Frey. At David's request cremation has taken place. The family will receive friends and relatives at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira for a memorial visitation on Friday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. A memorial celebration of David's life will be held at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church on Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 11: 00 a.m. with Pastor Mark Diller Harder officiating. A family interment will take place in St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery. In his memory, donations to Covenant House or Mennonite Central Committee would be appreciated by the family as expressions of sympathy.

      The Record 9 Nov 2006

  • Sources 
    1. [S2121] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1921, Woolwich Twp. 1921 Sub Dist. 14 Page 6.

    2. [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of David B. Horst - 9 Nov 2006.

    3. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, September 16, 1975 - Obituary of Menno B. Horst.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1912 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1921 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Nov 2006 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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