Elvera Pearl Searth^[1]

1925 - 2009  (84 years)

• Name	Elvera Pearl Searth
  Born	8 Jul 1925  [2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elvera Pearl Shantz
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-225877
  Died	13 Dec 2009	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Shantz Station, Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I225877	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William Frederick Searth,   b. 4 Mar 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1963  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Marguerite Evers,   b. 1897,   d. 1983  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F225536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Howard Stewart Shantz,   b. 9 Jun 1920, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Nov 1992  (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. Susan Jane Shantz   2. Roger Harold Shantz
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F225544	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ELVERA PEARL SHANTZ (nee Searth) 1925 - 2009 Passed away peacefully at Lisaard House, Cambridge, December 13, 2009 following a brief but courageous battle with cancer. She was 84 years old. Loving Mother of Susan McLaughlin (husband Ray) and Roger Shantz (late wife Janis). Cherished Gramma of Lucas (wife Michelle) and Nathan (wife Lindsay) McLaughlin; and Matthew (fiancée Crystal), Andrew (partner Allison) and Daniel Shantz. Beloved Great-Gramma of twins James and Morgan McLaughlin, Evan McLaughlin, and Meg Kathleen Pearl McLaughlin. Sister to Erma Korn, Kitchener. Predeceased by her husband Howard Shantz, her parents Marguerite and William Searth, her brother Howard Searth, and her sister Mildred Schut. Elvera was a lifelong resident of Breslau. She was the secretary-treasurer for Howard S. Shantz Excavating Limited for many years. She was well known for her faith, as a member of various churches including Trinity Lutheran Church in Shantz Station (now closed), Hope Lutheran in Kitchener and her 'cottage church' Geneva Presbyterian in Chesley. Her unfailing dedication to charitable causes such as Lampwick missions will live on in the many quilts that she was so generously a part of, and in the Hope Church "Mitten Tree". Elvera enjoyed many years at "The Cottage" near Chesley, where she would spend countless hours with her flower gardens, her birds, her family and cutting and sewing her quilting patches. She had a love of music and singing, having played the organ for most of her lifetime, including playing for services at various churches over the years. She will be missed by her cat "Salem", whom she rescued as a kitten from the road at the cottage. Elvera's family will receive friends and family at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street South, Waterloo, on Tuesday, December 15 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral and committal services will be held Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 1: 30 p.m. at Hope Lutheran Church, 30 Shaftsbury Drive, Kitchener (519-893-5290). Interment at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Shantz Station. The family wishes to thank Elvera's many friends for their prayers, phone calls and cards during her illness. A special thanks to the devoted and compassionate staff and volunteers at Lisaard House. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to Lisaard House would be appreciated by the family and can be arranged through the funeral home at 519-745-8445 or www.erbgood.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Mildred Beatrice Schut - 26 Feb 2007. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45417124/elvera-pearl-shantz.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 13 Dec 2009 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Shantz Station, Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth