Mary Butler

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• Military: WW2 - RCAF
• Name: Howard Butler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-190118

Notes:

BUTLER, John "Howard" 1926 - 2016 After a short illness, on November 13 at the age of 90. He leaves his wife Miriam (Shantz), son John (Jackie Bryers) and daughters Mary and Jane (Phil Dietrich) and his beloved grandchildren Jack and Peter Butler, and Scott and Amy Dietrich. He also leaves behind his sister-in-law Vera Butler and many adoring nieces and nephews, grandnieces and nephews, and great-grandnieces and nephews from both the Butler and Shantz clans. Howard was born on February 23, 1926, the third of four sons of Leigh Elkington Butler and Jean Barber and the much loved nephew of Margaret Lemon. His brothers Keith, Bill and Alan predeceased him, as did sisters-in-law Bev and Pat and brothers-in-law Fred and Hugh Shantz. Howard grew up in Kitchener, attended high school at KCI and served in the RCAF for the latter part of WW2. He then obtained a Pharmacy degree at University of Toronto before undertaking a highly successful forty year plus career in the pharmaceutical industry, primarily as a representative for Wyeth (now Pfizer). After retirement he continued to work until age 85 as a part-time pharmacist with Shoppers Drug Mart. He was a gifted athlete, playing badminton from an early age into his late forties (and then squash for a further twenty years), football and basketball in high school, and golf from his early twenties and for the rest of his life. His badminton achievements were notable, including winning the US Open Masters singles title in 1967. To recognize his sporting achievements, he was made a member of the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame. Howard was also a 70 year member of Westmount Golf and Country Club. He was a kind, gracious, sociable and gentle man who will be deeply missed by his extended family and all others who had the privilege of knowing him. Friends are invited to share their memories of Howard with his family during a memorial visitation at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home , 171 King St. S., Waterloo, on Friday, November 18, 2016 from 2-5 p.m. A Memorial Service will be held at Church of St. John the Evangelist, 23 Water St. N., Kitchener, on Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 1 p.m. A private family interment will follow at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations in Howard's honour may be made through the funeral home to the Mennonite Central Committee, Church of St. John the Evangelist or a charity of your choice at www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445. We wish to thank Dr. Kelly, Dr. Moolman, Martha Karn, and the wonderful nurses on 5D N at KW Hospital.

Waterloo Region Record 15 Nov 2016

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Butler-Shantz Wedding Is Garden Ceremony

Rev. U. K. Weber who officiated at the marriage of the bride's parents 30 years ago, performed the wedding of his niece, Miss Miriam Rose Shantz, and Mr. John Howard Butler Saturday in a lovely garden setting. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elven Shantz, 205 Weber St. East, and the bridegroom is a son of Mrs. L. E. Butler, 637 King St. West, and the late Mr. Butler. Rev. Mr. Weber is honorary pastor of Stirling Ave. Mennonite Church. Their vows were spoken in an outdoor ceremony at the home of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Shantz, 215 Pandora Cresc. The bridal party stood before an alter, flanked by twin white standards of white peonies, arranged at one end of the garden which was ringed with an orange blossom hedge. Miss Frances Trump was pian- ist, playing the accompaniment for soloist Miss Isabelle M. Chivers. Her selections were "O Perfect Love" and "The Voice That Breathed O'er Eden." Entering the garden with her father, who gave her in marriage, the bride chose a summer bridal gown of flimy white nylon mar- quisette. O Peter Pan collar and cap sleeves featured the bodice. The tightly-molded waistline was clasped with a wide sash of white nylon, finished at the back with a butterfly bow. The skirt billowed to the ground in great fullness. Her finger-tip veil of white illusion tulle fell from a Mary Tudor brim of illusion and her bouquet was a white starlite rose cascade centred with gardenias. The handkerchief of fine Belgian lace which she carried had been brought from Europe in 1918 by the bridegroom's father as a gift for his wife. All in white organdy were four bridal attendants, Miss Patricia Shantz as her sister's maid of honor, Mrs. James A. Smith of Toronto and Miss Peggy Houston of Kitchener as bridesmaids and Miss Patty Butler, Kitchener, niece of the bridegroom, as flower girl. The senior attendants were dressed alike in bouffant-skirted white organdy gowns with portrait necklines, edged with a double fold of self material forming brief sleeves and finished in points on the fitted bodice. A single red rose was attached to their necklets of black velvet ribbon and their large picture hats of white organdy were trimmed wth black velvet ribbon. They carried white baskets of Italian straw filled with American beauty roses and bouvardia. Similar to the bride's was the flower girl's gown, patterned with Peter Pan Collar, but with puffed sleeves and flower clusters appliqued in twin rows around the skirt. She carried a small Italian basket of pink Pinocchio roses. Mr. Alan Butler was his brother's best man. Ushers were Mr. Hugh Shantz, brother of the bride, Mr. William L. Butler, also a brother of the bridegroom, and Mr. Robert Fleischauer, Jr. A reception followed in the garden. For her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Elven Shantz wore a rose crepe floor-length gown, hat of navy straw adorned with roses, navy accessories and a corsage of white carnations with blue gypsophila. Mrs. Butler chose a crisp pink summer formal gown in waffle weave, with straw hat and accessories. Her corsage mingled pink gypsophila with white carnations. Receiving with the wedding party, Mrs. M. B. Shantz was in floor-length grap angelskin silk, navy straw picture hat, navy accessories and a corsage of American beauty roses. When they left for Muskoka, the bride donned a three-piece ensemble in pastel aqua gabardine, worn with a two-tone cocoa and beige hat and accessories, and a gardenia corsage. Mr. and Mrs. Butler will reside on Union Blvd., Waterloo.

John — Miriam Rose Shantz. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-30653

Leigh married Jean Barber 10 May 1917, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. Jean was born 1889, Alton, Dufferin Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jean Butler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75798

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00110-6742.7
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Public Service: 1973, Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Shantz, Elven (1893-1984)

Elven Shantz (1893-1984) was the son of Menno and Susannah (Bowman) Shantz. He was born in Breslau, ON. In 1920 he married Mabel Weber, a sister of Urias K. Weber , then minister at Eby's Mennonite Church (later known as First Mennonite Church in Kitchener). Elven and Mabel Shantz returned from homesteading in Saskatchewan and joined the Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church , Kitchener, in 1929. Shantz became an active lay leader in that congregation. He was always considered a "liberal" Mennonite but had a great rapport with all Mennonites.

He served as secretary of the Military Problems Committee of the Conference of Historic Peace Churches , 1943-64. Shantz organized the Ontario unit of Mennonite Disaster Service in 1958 and was interim secretary of Mennonite Central Committee Ontario in the 1960s.
As a result of these activities, his farm background, his ability to speak the Pennsylvania German dialect and his fine rapport with the Old Order, Amish , and Conservative Mennonites, Shantz was asked to be their spokesman to government in their requests for exemption from government health insurance, Family Allowance, Old Age Security, Workmen's Compensation, and the Canada Pension Plan, and in gaining recognition of their right to establish private Christian schools. Shantz was active in the founding of Conrad Grebel College in 1961, the Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario, and the Ontario Mennonite relief sale in 1966. The members of many branches of Mennonites who attended and participated at his funeral attested to his commitment and service to Mennonite unity.

Bergey, Lorna L. "Shantz, Elven (1893-1984)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1990. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 Nov 2005


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Shantz.- Elven, son of Menno M. and Susanna (Bowman) Shantz, was born in Wilmot Township on Apr. 7, 1893; died in Kitchener, Ont., on Sept. 13, 1984; aged 91 y. On Mar. 4, 1920, he was married to Mabel Weber, who preceded him in death in 1973. Surviving are 2 daughters (Miriam Butler and Pat Butler), one son (Hugh), 10 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren. He was a member of the Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Sept. 17, in charge of James Reusser and Mary Mae Schwartzentruber; interment in Woodland cemetery, Kitchener, Ont


Gospel Herald - Volume 77, Number 41 - October 9, 1984, page 714.

Elven married Mabel Weber 1920. Mabel (daughter of Menno Shuh Weber and Sarah Ann Knipe) was born 14 May 1893, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1973; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mabel Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7732
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Mabel Weber," was born in the town of Waterloo, May 14th, 1893."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-30650
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

William — Emily M. McLean. Emily was born 23 Nov 1866, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Emily M. Butler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-30651

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• Family Photograph: Menno M. Shantz & wife Susannah Bowman
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6742
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Menno M. Shantz, "was born April 4th, 1850. On November 27th, 1877, he was married to Susannah Bowman who was born April 23rd, 1859. They reside near New Dundee where he is engaged in farming."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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SHANTZ. - Bro. Menno M. Shantz was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., April 4, 1850, died at his home in Kitchener, Ont., dec. 11, 1917; aged 67y. 8m. 7d. On Nov. 27, 1877, he was united in marriage with Susannah Bowman, to which union were born 4 sons, and 2 daughters, 4 of those survive. In August, 1878, he was received into the Mennonite church, of which he has remained a faithful member till his death. Funeral Dec. 15 at the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, conducted by the brethren, David Wismer and U.K. Weber. Text, I John 2: 17. His body was laid to rest in the Breslau cemetery.


GOSPEL HERALD - Volume X, Number 41 - January 10, 1918 - Pages 759, 760

Family Photograph:
Image from Mennonite Archives of Ontario

Menno married Susannah Bowman 27 Nov 1877. Susannah (daughter of Rev. Moses B. Bowman and Anna Cressman) was born 23 Apr 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1949; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Family Photograph: Menno M. Shantz & wife Susannah Bowman
• Name: Susannah Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00002-109
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Susannah Bowman, "the fifth daughter, was born April 23rd, 1859. She is married to Menno Shantz, a farmer. They reside near New Dundee. Their family consists of five children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Family Photograph:
Image from Mennonite Archives of Ontario

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00127-7724
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agent
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Traveler
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Salesman Manager, Foundry
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sales Manager, Foundry
• Residence: 1921, 94 Weber St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Menno Weber," was born in Conestogo, January 6th, 1858. On January 28th, 1879, he was married to Sarah Ann Knipe. She was born in Pennsylvania and came to Ontario with her parents when eight years of age. At present they reside in the town of Waterloo where he is engaged as travelling agent for The Waterloo Manufacturing Company. They have a family of eight children"

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Menno married Sarah Ann Knipe 28 Jan 1879, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Jacob Knipe and Sophia Hummel) was born 28 Nov 1859, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 16 Sep 1943; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Sarah Ann Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7724.1
• Immigration: 1858, , Canada
• Immigration: 1865, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1867, , Canada
• Naturalization: 1867, , Ontario, Canada
• Naturalization: 1878, , Canada
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, 94 Weber St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite