Harriet M. Holst, 96
Published 9:43 am Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Harriet M. Holst, 96, of Austin, Minnesota, died Sunday morning, Feb. 22, 2015, at the Mayo Clinic Health System — Austin.
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Harriet was born Jan. 12, 1919, in Lake City, Minnesota. She was raised in Lake City by her mother, Mabel Clare, until her death in 1924, then by her grandmother, Margaret Clare and finally by her aunt and uncle, John (Jack) and Lillian Eggenberger. She attended St. John’s Lutheran Parochial school and graduated from Lake City Public High School. She and her future husband, Harold E. Holst, met in confirmation class at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lake City.
After high school, her family chipped together so she could attend beauty operator school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She moved to Austin in 1938 and was employed by the Hormel Foods Corporation until the end of WWII in 1945. She was united in marriage with Harold Holst on Aug. 28, 1940, in Lake City. They remained married for 71 years until Harold’s death in 2012.
Harriet loved to sew and tried to do so nearly every day of her life. At the age of 77, she purchased a computer and her first computerized embroidery machine. Her passion for sewing grew even greater.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Mabel Clare; grandmother, Margaret Clare; husband, Harold Holst; sisters: Alice Ruth Sorbel (Forest Grove, Oregon), and Aryls (Harold) Staats (Stockbridge, Wisconsin); “brothers”: Arvid, Dallas, Dick, Harley and Virgil Eggenberger; and great grandson, Braden Thomas Holst.
Harriet is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Allan and Alice Holst, Austin, Minnesota; grandchildren: James (Cheryl) Holst, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dr. John (Heather) Holst, Duluth, Minnesota, Rebecca (Ken) Eide, Watertown, South Dakota; great-grandson Dylan Eide, great-granddaughter Clementine Haney, great-granddaughters Kyla and Kara Holst, great-granddaughter Bella Eide, great-granddaughter Marin Holst, great-grandson Arthur Haney, step-grandchildren: Penny Haney (Jess Rosenfeld), Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Mike (Lisa) Haney, Brooklyn, New York. She is also survived by “brothers” Rod and Iver Eggenberger, Lake City, Minnesota.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Austin, Minnesota, with Pastor David Fleischmann officiating. Visitation will be held at the church on Friday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service. Interment at Grandview Cemetery in Austin will be immediately after the service. Lunch will be served at the church after the interment. Clasen-Jordan Mortuary of Austin, Minnesota is in charge of arrangements. The family prefers memorials.