David B. Horst

1912 - 2006  (94 years)

• Name	David B. Horst
  Born	1912	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1921	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-305560
  Died	7 Nov 2006	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I305560	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Menno B. Horst,   b. 30 Jul 1885, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Aug 1975, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Lovina Bauman,   b. 2 Oct 1883, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jun 1975, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (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 ,   d. 25 Apr 2005, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Children	1. Marlene Elizabeth Horst   2. Linda Jean Horst
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  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

  [S2121] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1921, Woolwich Twp. 1921 Sub Dist. 14 Page 6. [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of David B. Horst - 9 Nov 2006. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, September 16, 1975 - Obituary of Menno B. Horst.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1912 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 7 Nov 2006 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth