Kathleen Rebecca Holst

August 29, 1932 - October 13, 2018

Kathleen Rebecca Holst, age 86, of Louisiana formerly of Eolia passed away October 13, 2018 at the Maple Grove Lodge in Louisiana. Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at the Bibb-Veach Funeral Home in Bowling Green. Burial will be held in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Bowling Green. Visitation will be held 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. Kathleen was born August 29, 1932 in Cool Springs, N.C. the daughter of Adam and Nellie Marie Lee Owens. On June 16, 1953 she married Thomas W. Holst. He preceded her in death on September 25, 2015. Survivors include son Timothy Wayne Holst of Troy; daughters Angela Carol Stumph (Tim) of Hardin, IL, Sharon Ruth Holland (Dickie) of Louisiana; grandchildren Brigitte Shaffer, Jamie Davis, Lia DeGraffenreid; great grandchildren Kayla, Sydney, Owen, Olivia, Tristin, Damien, Paige, Cherish, Joe, Autumn, Meredith, Dixie, Annabelle, Savannah; several great great grandchildren; and brother Paul Owens of Clyde, N.C. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; sister Betty Ruth Owens; brothers Walter R. Owens and Thomas B. Owens. Kathleen was born and raised in Western North Carolina (Canton, Clyde, N.C. area) and graduated from the Canton High School in Canton, N.C. She and Tom moved to Lubbock, TX after marriage. She also lived in Perry county, St. Charles county and Lincoln county. She was a Baptist, worked and retired from Monsanto Company in St. Peters. Kathleen loved to read, listen to music, sew, quilt, embroidery, crochet, bake and tend to the flower garden. Memorials may be made to Donor’s choice.