Elizabeth Boshart

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• Name: Elizabeth Bast
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75649P

Notes:

Bast, Elizabeth, daughter of the late John and Barbara (Yantzi) Boshart, was born in East Zorra Township, Ont., Aug. 30, 1875; died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Yost, Wellesley, Ont., May 23, 1958; aged 82 y. 8 m. 24 d. On Oct. 23, 1898, she was married to Christian Bast, who preceded her in death, Jan. 22, 1937. She is survived by 6 sons and 3 daughters, all of Ontario (Allen, Phillipsburg; Ezra, Shakespeare; Wesley, London; John, Baden; Nelson, Harrington; Andrew, Woodstock; Irene-Mrs. William Yost, Wellesley, Clara; Mrs. Clayton Kropf, Phillipsburg; and Dorothy-Mrs. Edgar Mayer, Heidleburg), one sister (Nancy Jantzi, Shakespeare, Ont.), 26 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren. One brother and one grandchild preceded her in death. In her youth she accepted Christ as her Saviour and united with the East Zorra Amish Mennonite Church, of which she remained a faithful member until death. Funeral services were conducted at the East Zorra Church in charge of Joel Schwartzentruber and Henry Yantzi. Burial in the adjoining cemetery*.

Gospel Herald - Volume LI, Number 27 - July 8, 1958-page 649, 650

* Elizabeth was buried in the New Hamburg Reformed Mennonite Cemetery (Hochstetler's) - not in East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery as inferred in the above obituary.

Elizabeth — Christian W. Bast. Christian (son of George Bast and Leah Wilhelm) was born 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 1937; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON. [Group Sheet]

1. Allan Bast was born 2 May 1900, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 6 May 1985, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Ezra Bast was born 17 Aug 1901, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 17 Aug 1964, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.
3. Edith Irene Bast was born 1903; died 1998, Kingwood Reformed Mennonite Cemetery [formerly Roeser's Hill Mennonite Cemetery], Wellesley Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Lloyd Wesley "Wesley" Bast was born 13 May 1904, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 16 May 1977, Ailsa Craig, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON.
5. John Bast was born 1905; died 14 Jun 1983, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Nelson Bast was born 1907; died 2000; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON.
7. Andrew Bast was born 25 May 1910; died 13 Apr 1964, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON.
8. Clara Barbara Bast was born 17 Jun 1912, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jan 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
9. Dorothy Bast was born 5 Dec 1916; died 23 Nov 1994; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.