Horst, Alma Brenneman (1900-2002)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2002 Dec 16 p. 11

Birth date: 1900 Aug 27

text of obituary:

ALMA BRENNEMAN HORST

Alma Brenneman Horst, 102, of Pleasantview Home in Kalona, Iowa, died Oct. 14, 2002. She was born Aug. 27, 1900, to William D. and Mary Brenneman in rural Johnson County on her parent's farm.

Her formal education began at Center School. Later she attended several winter Bible terms at Hesston (Kan.) College.

She was baptized in July 1915 and became a member of Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church near Kalona.

She worked in the homes of local area families and in later years cared for aging members of her family. She served the greater Mennonite Church in Elkhart, Ind., Akron, Pa., and Newton, Kan.

She married Rufus Horst, a retired pastor, on May 15, 1976. They lived in Kansas City, Kan., until his death on Jan. 6, 1981. She often said that those were good years.

She enjoyed traveling and visited Tanzania, Kenya and Israel, as well as much of the continental United States. She had an intense interest in missions all her life. She supported missionaries around the world by her prayers and financial giving.

Survivors include three stepchildren, Ethan Horst of Tulsa, Okla., Rachael Stoltzfus of Harrisonburg, Va., and Lester Horst of Goldendale, Wash.; step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Rufus; a brother, Clark; a sister, Alta Keiser; and a stepson, Merle Horst.

Memorial services were held at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church. Burial was in the Lower Deer Creek Cemetery.