Myra Della Cressman

1888 - 1964  (75 years)

• Name	Myra Della Cressman
  Born	25 Feb 1888	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Name	Myra Della Shantz
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-108855P
  Died	1964	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I108855	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Eli Cressman,   b. 17 Aug 1857, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Mar 1934, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Miranda Krupp,   b. 19 Aug 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Sep 1931, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F36	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abiah Shantz,   b. 11 Jan 1884, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jul 1931, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Married	31 Dec 1912	, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Nile Shantz,   b. 1916, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 200   2. Cameron Gillis Shantz,   b. 14 Jun 1922, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Aug 2005, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   3. Jewel Shantz,   b. 1928, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Apr 2005, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F42640	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Abiah Shantz Passes - The community was saddened on Tuesday morning by the death of one of its well-known residents, Mrs. Abiah Shantz, who passed away in K-W Hospital in her 76th year. The former Della Cressman, she was born on the farm at lot 13, concession 14 of Blenheim Township on February 25, 1888, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Eli Cressman. Following her marriage to Abiah Shantz, who predeceased her in 1931, she lived on this farm until 1962, when she went to reside with her daughter, Mrs. Stewart Ivel, in St. Jacobs. The late Mrs. Shantz was a valued member of the Plattsville United Missionary Church, and of the WMS. After removing to St. Jacobs, she was affiliated with the WSWS of the Evangelical U.B. Church in that village. Surviving are three sons, Harry of London and Nile and Cameron of Plattsville; a daughter, Mrs. Stewart Ivel (Jewel) of St. Jacobs, and a twin brother, Gillis Cressman of Kindersley, Sask. Resting at the Glendinning Funeral Home until noon on Friday. Funeral service will be conducted at the United Missionary Church at 2.30 p.m. by Rev. D. T. Pugh, assisted by Rev. C. B. Carr of the St. Jacobs Evangelical U.B. Church. Interment will be made in New Dundee Cemetery. The Ayr News Feb 6 1964 pg 9

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Feb 1888 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 31 Dec 1912 - , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 1964 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth