Abner Shantz

1920 - 2012  (92 years)

• Name	Abner Shantz
  Born	19 Jan 1920	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-223990
  Died	23 Feb 2012	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I223990	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Shantz,   b. 5 Jul 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jun 1968, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Weber,   b. 14 Feb 1885, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jan 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	30 Sep 1914	Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F37106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Norma Marie Lichty,   b. 31 Oct 1920, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Feb 2022, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 101 years)
  Children	1. Margaret Elaine Shantz,   b. 8 Nov 1943,   d. 1988  (Age 44 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F61035	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SHANTZ, Abner January 19, 1920 - February 23, 2012 Passed away after a brief illness on February 23, 2012 at the age of 92 years. Beloved husband of Norma (Lichty) for 68 years. Predeceased by daughter Margaret Alexander (1988). Abner will be missed by his children Janet Walker, Roger (Ana) Shantz, Rodney (Kathryn) Shantz and Karen (John) Detzler; 12 grand- children and three great-grand- children. Survived by son-in-law Carl Alexander. Also predeceased by his son-in-law Floyd Walker (2011). Abner was a longtime employee of J.E. Seagram & Sons in Waterloo. He was one of the founding members of St. Agatha Community Park Board and lived in St. Agatha for over 50 years. Abner enjoyed travelling, boating, fishing, gardening and cutting wood in the bush. Abner's family will receive relatives and friends on Saturday, February 25, 2012 from 7-9 p.m. and again on Sunday, February 26, 2012 from 12 noon to 12:45 p.m. at the Henry Walser Funeral Home , 507 Frederick Street, Kitchener, 519-749-8467. A funeral service will be held in the funeral home chapel on Sunday at 1 p.m. followed by a reception. Interment Shantz Mennonite Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario or St. Mary's General Hospital Foundation would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home). Visit www.henrywalser.com for Abner's memorial.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85622345/abner-shantz. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, FEBRUARY 21, 1961 - Obituary of Mary Ann Weber.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Jan 1920 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Feb 2012 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth