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Anna Mary Shantz

Anna Mary Shantz[1]

Female 1922 - 2021  (99 years)

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  • Name Anna Mary Shantz 
    Born 24 Jun 1922  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Name Anna Mary Cressman 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-226405 
    Died 23 Aug 2021  [2
    Buried Berea Mennonite Cemetery, Alma, Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I226405  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Titus Shantz,   b. 17 May 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Detweiler,   b. 5 Oct 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1942  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 30 Dec 1908  [3
    Family ID F5975  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elton Shirk Cressman,   b. 20 Mar 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1968  (Age 47 years) 
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F61808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Anna Mary Shantz - Cressman
    Anna Mary Shantz - Cressman
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  • Notes 
    • ANNA CRESSMAN OBITUARY

      Anna Mary went to be with her Lord on Monday, August 23, 2021 at the age of 99. She was born June 24, 1922 in Kitchener, daughter of Titus and Maryann (Dettweiler) Shantz.

      Surviving are two sons Maynard and Myron. Predeceased by her husband Elton on December 8, 1968 in a car accident.

      Anna lived with her parents on a farm near Kitchener until 1945, then worked in Kitchener for two years until her marriage in 1947. They moved to Preston for two years, then moved to Alma. Predeceased by brothers and their wives Melvin and Mildred Shantz, Clare and Nora Shantz, in-laws Leander and Marjorie Cressman, Ferman Cressman, Sim and Vera Weaver, Una Cressman, Mary Cressman, Cora Cressman, Pearl Cressman, Leona Cressman, Alfred and Olive High, Clayton and Mabel Shantz, Lloyd and Edith Woolner, Clifford and Gladys Cressman, Harold and Nelda Cressman, Clayton and Pauline Cressman; niece and nephews Charles, Florence and Robert Woolner.

      Visitation will take place on Thursday, August 26, 2021 from 6 - 8 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 27, 2021, at the New Covenant Mennonite Fellowship, 7831 Third Line, RR 2, Wallenstein. Interment in Berea Mennonite Cemetery. Please phone the funeral home at 519-669-2207 to register for the visitation and/or the funeral service. The service will be livestreamed through the funeral home website. In Anna's memory donations to MCC or Gospel Echoes would be appreciated.

      Published by Waterloo Region Record on Aug. 25, 2021.

      2022. Dreisingerfuneralhome.Com. https://www.dreisingerfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Anna-Mary-Cressman?obId=24745440#/celebrationWall.

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Titus Shantz - March 3, 1964,.

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235373380.

    3. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, November 12, 1942 - Obituary of Mary Ann Detweiler.

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