Cora Amelia Jantz

1910 - 2011  (101 years)

• Name	Cora Amelia Jantz
  Born	4 Apr 1910	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Cora Amelia Reist
  Residence	1911	Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Roman Catholic
  Residence	1921	Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Roman Catholic
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-156377
  Died	25 Dec 2011	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I156377	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	William Yantz,   b. 31 Jul 1876, Rosendale, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Feb 1931  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Elsie Selina Devitt,   b. 3 Jan 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F39144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clayton J. Reist,   b. 25 Oct 1894, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1969  (Age 74 years)
  Children	1. Clayton William George Reist   2. Searle Leonard Reist   3. David Philip Reist
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F50133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  REIST, Cora Amelia (nee Yantz) Cora Amelia Reist passed away on December 25, 2011 at Lanark Place Retirement Home in her 102nd year. Lovingly remembered by her children, Clayton, Leonard (Marcy) and David (Wilma) all of Kitchener, and brother Harry Yantz of Waterloo. Predeceased by her husband, Clayton Jacob Reist, in 1969, parents, William and Elsie Yantz, brothers, Wilfred, Alfred and Arthur and sisters Bernice Wilkens, Edith Stoskopf, and Viola Stricker, daughter-in-law Patricia (nee Ribey) and by two great-grandchildren. Fondly remembered by her grand-children, Kevin Reist, Kristine Hadland (Dale), Kathleen Milhousen (Larry), Cheryl Reist (Judy), Deborah Olmstead (Jack), John Reist, Richard Reist, Rhonda Reist and Joy-Elaine Chenier (Phil), by her twelve great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. "Nana," as she was referred to by most, loved life and her family. She loved quilting and crocheting, reading, watching curling on TV, baking, playing euchre and tile rummy and spending time with friends and family. Cora was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Kitchener. A special thanks to the staff of Lanark Place for their loving care during Cora's four month residence at the home. The Reist family will receive friends on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. West, Kitchener. A funeral service celebrating Cora's life will take place in the funeral home chapel on Friday morning at 10: 30 a.m. with Rev. Nancy Kelly officiating. Interment at Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo. A reception will follow at the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre. For those who wish, memorial donations to St. Mark's Lutheran Church or a charity of one's choice will be gratefully acknowledged. Waterloo Region Record 27 Dec 2011

  
  

• Sources

  [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Division 2 (Bloomingdale) Page 5. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, BloomingdalePage 6.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Apr 1910 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1911 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1921 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Dec 2011 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth