Horst, Frank Kenneth (1913-2005)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Jan 31 p. 9

Birth date: 1913 Feb 10

text of obituary:

FRANK KENNETH HORST

Frank Kenneth Horst, 91, of Warden, Wash., died Jan. 3, 2005. He was born Feb. 10, 1913, to Jacob S. and Anna Horst at Peabody, Kan.

He married LaVerne Shetler on Aug. 28, 1940, in Hesston, Kan.

He began his service career as a public school teacher, earning his first teaching certificate while still a junior in high school. On Jan. 12, 1941, he was ordained as a minister of the gospel and began a pastoral ministry that included five churches in three states.

In the Arkansas Ozarks, he was active in planting a new congregation and pioneering a Christian day school. In Oregon, he served as president of Latin American Fellowship, 1960-64. In Washington, he was active in the local Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Basin Association of Evangelicals, Columbia Basin Retired Teachers Association, Public School Employees of Warden and Kiwanis.

He enjoyed reading his Bible and memorizing Scripture. He liked music and especially liked singing with his family. He liked cross-country travel, bicycling and the annual summer campouts for the family reunions. A lifelong hobby was woodworking, and many folks benefited from his skills. He enjoyed free-lance writing and photojournalism. For several years he wrote a weekly column for the Warden Register. He prepared a manuscript for a book about his growing-up years, which was unpublished. He was a member of Warden Mennonite Church.

Survivors include his wife, LaVerne; six daughters, Annada Tomlin of Springfield, Ore., Karen Haury and her husband, Daryle, of Salem, Ore., Salome Horst of Spokane, Phyllis Dorsing and her husband, Curt, of Othello, Ferne Flaming and her husband, Jim, of Vale, Ore., and Patricia Tilden and her husband, Bob, of Moscow, Idaho; a son, Timothy and his wife, Debbie, of Phoenix, Ariz; 17 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a granddaughter.

Memorial services were held at Warden Mennonite Church.