Elton Steiner Kinzie^[1]

1910 - 1984  (74 years)

• Name	Elton Steiner Kinzie
  Born	6 Jan 1910	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1958	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-23021
  Died	4 Apr 1984	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4, 5, 7]
  	Cause: heart failure
  Buried	Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I23021	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Ephraim Kinzie,   b. 2 Jul 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Jan 1958, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Nancy Detweiler,   b. 28 Aug 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Nov 1969, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	3 Feb 1909	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F5531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alma Irene "Irene" Shantz,   b. 1924, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Dec 2011, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1953  [2, 4]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F231656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  KINZIE, Elton S., son of Ephraim and Nancy (Dettweiler) Kinzie, was born in Cambridge, Ont., Jan. 6, 1910; died of heart failure at Cambridge, Ont., Apr. 4, 1984; aged 74 y. On Jan. 1, 1953, he was married to Irene SHANTZ, who survives. Also surviving are 2 sons (Kenneth and James), 2 daughters (Janet Clark and Rosemary Zehr), 2 grandchildren, and 3 sisters (Verda, Della, and Orpha Kinzie). He was a member of Preston Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held at Cambridge, Ont., Apr., 6, in charge of Brian Bauman and Rufus Jutzi; interment in Hagey Cemetery Gospel Herald - Volume 77, Number 19 - May 8, 1984, pg. 342

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Emma (Spaeth) Shantz - October 20, 1964 - pp 925, 926. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, May 8, 1984 - Obituary of Elton Kinzie. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 7. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Elton S. Kinzie - May 8, 1984, pg. 342. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . Kinzie / Elton Steiner Kinzie / 1910-1984 / beloved husband of / Alma Irene Shantz / Alive forever more RE.1: 18 [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Volume LI, Number 12 - March 18, 1958-page 262, 263. Kinzie, Ephraim, son of the late Henry and Elizabeth (Steiner)Kinzie, was born near Preston, Ont., July 2, 1881; passed away at the South Waterloo Hospital, Jan. 10, 1958; aged 76 y. 6 m. 8 d. Death was due to a heart ailment. On Feb. 3, 1909, he was married to Nancy Detweiler. He is survived by his wife, one son (Elton, Breslau, Ont.), 4 daughters (Rheta, Toronot, Ont.; and Verda, Della, and Orpha, at home), 3 brother (Harry and Edwin, Blair, Ont.; and Isaiah, Hespeler, Ont.), and one sister (Mrs. Abraham Wismer, Preston, Ont.). He dedicated his talents in service to the Preston Mennonite Church and witnessed through his many business contacts during the forty years he operated Preston's first dairy. Funeral services were held at the Preston Church, Jan. 12, in charge of Howard L. Good and B. B.Shantz. Burial in the Hagey Cemetery. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Volume LI, Number 12 - March 18, 1958-page 262, 263. . [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020499-09. Ephraim Kinzie, 27, occ. Dairyman, res. of Waterloo Twp, son of Henry Kinzie and Lizzie Steiner Married Nancy Detweiler, 25, res. of Waterloo Twp, daughter of Noah Detweiler and Nancy Weber, Witn: Abram Wismer of Hespeler and Lydia Ann Kinzie of Blair, 3 February 1909 in Waterloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Jan 1910 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1958 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: heart failure - 4 Apr 1984 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth