Stanley S. Shantz

1920 - 2009  (88 years)

• Name	Stanley S. Shantz
  Born	25 Feb 1920  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-114675
  Died	2 Jan 2009	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I114675	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	David S. Shantz,   b. 3 Apr 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jan 1978, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 98 years)
  Mother	Salome Schmitt,   b. 23 Jun 1882, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Aug 1972, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	17 May 1905  [2]
  Family ID	F34731	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Doris Jean Hachborn,   b. 14 Aug 1919, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Mar 1991, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Children	1. Jeanne Elizabeth Shantz
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F38011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Eral Cressman,   b. 3 Jun 1923,   d. 11 Jan 2016, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F37043	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  STANLEY SHANTZ 1920 - 2009 Went to be with his Lord on Friday, January 2, 2009 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, in his 89th year. Loving husband of Eral (nee Cressman). Devoted father of Jeanne Leis, Lois Broda (Tom), Ross Shantz (Jean) and Larry Shantz (Cindy). Step-father to Paul Brubacher (Marilyn), Elizabeth Setzkorn (Claude) and Margaret Griffin (Dan). Stanley had nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, Jennifer Shahi (Arsalan) and their children Dustin and Cameron, Jody Broda (Dana Fewkes), Tim Broda (Amy) and their children Kaylynn and Natalie, Brent Shantz and his son Darien, Laura Shantz, Kristie Fontaine (Herb), Jason Shantz (Kayla) and their children Alexis and Zoey, Amber Shantz and Carlie Shantz; as well as nine step-grandchildren, Jonathan, Danielle, Charlotte (Travis), Rebecca, Matthew, Andrew, Sonya, Loni and Bronwyn. Stanley was Canadian grandpa to Rahim and Narges Atabakhsh and their daughter Maral, and Nader and Pegah Fathi and their children Kiara and Kasra. Survived by his sister, Ilene Burkhardt; sisters-in-law, Alice Wideman, Mabel Stott (George), Margaret Dettweiler (Harold), Florence Karcher (Don) and Florence Krieder (Roy). Predeceased by his first wife, Doris (nee Hachborn) in 1991; his son-in-law, Ralph Leis in 1998; his parents, David Shantz and Salome (nee Schmitt); brothers, Lorne Shantz (Ada) and Walter Shantz (Lydia); brother-in-law, Gordon Burkhardt and two step-children, James and Charlotte in infancy. Visitation was held at Fairview Mennonite Home, 515 Langs Dr., Cambridge on Sunday, January 4 from 2-4 p.m. Visitation will continue at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home , 171 King St. S., Waterloo on Monday, January 5 (today) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will take place at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church, 1310 King St., St. Jacobs on Tuesday, January 6, 2009, at 11 a.m., the Revs. Mark Diller Harder and Claire Osinkosky officiating. Reception will follow the service in the Church Hall. Interment in Shantz Mennonite Cemetery. Donations in Stanley's memory may be made to Mennonite Central Committee or Fairview Mennonite Home and can be arranged through the funeral home, www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445. In living memory of Stanley, a donation will be made to the Trees for Learning Program by the funeral home. The Waterloo Region Record 5 Jan 2009

  
  

• Sources

  [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), Obituary of Stanley Shantz - 5 Jan 2009. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 31, 1978 - Obituary of David S. Shantz.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 2 Jan 2009 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth