Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/194 Surname: Horst ------------------------- Deshler (NE) Rustler, Jan. 12, 1921, p. 5: John Horst passed away in death at the Hebron hospital on Sunday, Jan. 2, following an operation for gallstones and appendicitis. The deceased was born in Lee Co., Iowa, in May, 1862. He came to Thayer Co., Nebraska in early boyhood. Here he was married to Miss Elizabeth Loontjer. This union was blessed with seven children. Two boys preceded their father into eternity, Henry dying in France. The deceased is survived by his widow, five children, Mrs. Hanna Schoof, John, Elizabeth, Erna and Edward, four grandchildren, three brothers, four sisters and a host of other relatives and friends who mourn his death. The funeral was held on Thursday, Jan. 6, under the auspices of the Kiowa Lutheran church, Rev. J. Meyer, officiating. Mr. Horst was a kind and loving husband and father, had very many warm personal friends and was held in high esteem by all of them. The regret of his untimely death is widespread and sincere and all who know the bereaved and sorely-stricken family sympathize with them in their sad affliction.