Holst, Ruby Katherine (nee Yantzi)
Ruby passed away peacefully at Grand River Hospital – Freeport Site, Kitchener on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at the age of 96.
Ruby is survived by her devoted husband Carlyle for 73 years.
Dear mother of Dave (Elaine) and Colleen Isaak (the late Walter). Dear grandmother to 10 grandchildren – Doug, Roxanne, Lynnette, Steven, Terri-Lynn (Holst) and their spouses and Rob, Angela, Greg, Jeff and Joseph (Isaak) and their spouses.
Ruby is also survived by 15 great-grandchildren.
Predeceased by her parents Christian and Nancy (nee Bender) Yantzi and all her siblings and their spouses Edna Gerber (Solomon), Melinda Roth (Milton), Wilma Stere (Lloyd), Anna Baechler (Lorne), Dorothy Lebold (Alvin), Mahlon Yantzi (Ruth), Mary Baechler (Bill), Emma Steinman (Mahlon), Lester Yantzi (Nancy), Verna Brayshaw (Jack), Christian Yantzi.
She is remembered fondly for her singing, delicious meals, quilting, but most importantly for the prayers she prayed on behalf of her family and loved ones.
Ruby’s family will receive relatives and friends from 9:20 – 10:20 A.M. on Saturday, July 3, 2021 at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick St., Kitchener 519-749-8467.
A private family service will take place in the chapel of the funeral home at 11:00 A.M. followed by interment at Wilmot Centre Cemetery.
Family and friends can join the live-stream at www.henrywalser.com/live-streaming starting at 10:45 A.M. for a video tribute.
For those who will attend visitation masks are mandatory. Please register via the funeral home web site or by calling 519-749-8467
As expressions of sympathy, donations to support Haven Heart Ministry – Missionaries Greg and Kait Isaac assistcanada.org/havenheart – cards may be placed by calling the funeral home 519-749-8467.
As Proverbs 31 describes a Godly woman – these verses describe her
An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.
She seeks wool and flax,
and works with willing hands.
She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
She looks well to the ways of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
“Many women have done excellently,
but you surpass them all.”
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Visit www.henrywalser.com for Ruby’s memorial.
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Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Ruby Katherine Holst Wednesday June 30th 2021..
Death notice for the town of: Kitchener, Province: Ontario