Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Eral Cressman[1]

Female 1923 - 2016  (92 years)


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  • Name Eral Cressman 
    Born 3 Jun 1923 
    Gender Female 
    Name Eral Brubacher 
    Name Eral Shantz 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-25049 
    Died 11 Jan 2016  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I25049  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Jacob Cressman,   b. 30 Nov 1887, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1981, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Mother Lavina Cressman,   b. 18 Apr 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Family ID F6396  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Harold Victor Brubacher,   b. 1918, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1983, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Children 
     1. James Richard Brubacher,   b. 23 Jan 1957, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1957, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Charlotte Rose Brubacher,   b. 1 Jun 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F6399  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Stanley S. Shantz,   b. 25 Feb 1920,   d. 2 Jan 2009, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F37043  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • SHANTZ, Eral (Cressman) Brubacher With family by her side, Eral Shantz of Fairview Mennonite Home in Cambridge passed from death into the loving arms of her heavenly Father on Monday, January 11, 2016 at the age of 92 years. Eral was devoted to family, church and community. Her gardening, flower arranging and cooking skills were exceptional during the years she raised her family on the farm on the Heidelberg Road, and later at her home in St. Jacobs. She ministered God's love and faithfulness to all she met, including those she encountered during her time at Fairview. Much loved wife of the late Harold Brubacher (1983), then, of the late Stanley Shantz (2009). Loving mother to five children: Elizabeth and Claude Setzkorn of Franklin, PA, Margaret and Dan Griffin of Hamilton, Paul and Marilyn Brubacher of Elmira; predeceased by James Richard and Charlotte Rose who both died shortly after childbirth. Loving stepmother and grandmother to Stan's family: Jeanne Leis (Ralph 1998), Lois and Tom Broda, Ross and Jean Shantz, Larry and Cindy Shantz, their children and grandchildren. Family was so important to mom, she would have wanted to acknowledge each by name. Loving grandmother to Rebecca and Dave King and daughter Angela of Lancaster, PA; Charlotte and Travis McGinnis and children Kayden, Alayna and Brenna of Westminster, CO; Matthew Setzkorn of Guelph; and Andrew Setzkorn of Eugene, OR; Sonya and Dylan Fry of Victoria, BC; Loni and Ben Krul and son Brayden of Mansfield, ON; Bronwyn and Austin Garrick of Los Angeles, CA; Jonathan Brubacher of Waterloo, and Danielle Brubacher of Sudbury. Survived by her sister Florence and Roy Kreider of Broadway, VA and sisters-in-law Shirley Mader of Cambridge and Alberta Cressman of Kelowna, BC. Predeceased by siblings Verda (Gord) Lichty, Willard (Isabel) Cressman, Leonard Cressman, Donald Cressman and Mary in infancy. Friends and relatives are invited to share memories with the family at Fairview Mennonite Home in Cambridge, on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 from 2-4 p.m. and at Dreisinger Funeral Home on Thursday, January 14, 2016 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Following a family committal service, a celebration of Eral's life and Christian faith will take place on Friday, January 15, 2016 at 3: 30 p.m. at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church with Pastor Mark Diller Harder and Pastor Jonathan Brubacher officiating. Reception in the church hall will follow the service. As expressions of sympathy, donations may be given to MCC Ontario or the Fairview Mennonite Home Auxiliary. The family expresses sincere appreciation to the staff at Fairview for the kind and compassionate care of their mother for the past 3 years, after she moved from her Fairview apartment to long term care. 'Her children will rise up and call her blessed... a woman who honours the Lord is to be praised.' Proverbs 31

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obit of Seleda Heckendorn - June 11, 1974.

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    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Jan 2016 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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