Ilene Shantz

1914 - 2014  (99 years)

• Name	Ilene Shantz
  Born	6 Mar 1914
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124800712
  Name	Ilene Burkhardt
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-30557
  Died	6 Feb 2014	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I30557	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	David S. Shantz,   b. 3 Apr 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jan 1978, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 98 years)
  Mother	Salome Schmitt,   b. 23 Jun 1882, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Aug 1972, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	17 May 1905  [1]
  Family ID	F34731	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gordon E. Burkhardt,   b. 3 Jul 1911, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Apr 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F63983	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BURKHARDT, Ilene (nee Shantz) March 6, 1914 - February 6, 2014 Ilene Burkhardt, in her 100th year, passed away peacefully at Forest Heights Long Term Care. Dear mother of Sandra and Ross Shantz of Wellesley and Dennis and Carolyn Burkhardt of Kitchener. Lovingly remembered by her grandchildren Pamela (Dennis Joosse), Michael, Krista (Phil Martin) and Jillian (Chris Steingart) and by her great-grandchildren Hannah and Eric Joosse, Ainsley and Reid Martin and Rowan Steingart. Predeceased by her husband Gordon Burkhardt in 1959, parents David and Salome (nee Schmitt) Shantz, her brothers and sisters-in-law, Lorne and Ada Shantz, Walter and Lydia Shantz and Stanley and Doris Shantz all of Baden. She worked for many years at J.M. Schneiders and was a member of First Mennonite Church, Kitchener and the WMSC. In her retirement years she was actively involved in the lives of her grand- children. Ilene enjoyed travelling with her friends, flower gardening and in her later years, she attended the Kitchener Downtown Seniors Program. The family will receive friends on Sunday, February 9, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Henry Walser Funeral Home , 507 Frederick Street, Kitchener, 519-749-8467. The funeral service will take place at First Mennonite Church, 800 King St. E., Kitchener on Monday, February 10, 2014 at 11:00 a.m., followed by a reception at the church. Interment at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau. Special thanks to Forest Heights LTCC for their compassionate care. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the MCC Ontario or First Mennonite Church would be appreciated (cards available at the funeral home). Visit www.henrywalser.com to view Ilene's memorial. publisher, W. O. this (2014) FEBRUARY 15, 2014, Issuu. Available at: https://issuu.com/observerxtra/docs/observer_-_february_15__2014_online (Accessed: 20 May 2024).

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 31, 1978 - Obituary of David S. Shantz.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 6 Feb 2014 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth