Clayton Arthur Shantz

1914 - 2004  (89 years)

• Name	Clayton Arthur Shantz
  Born	11 May 1914	Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41749353
  Residence	1982	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-39376
  Died	27 Mar 2004	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I39376	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Wendel R. Shantz,   b. 1 Mar 1870, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Oct 1949, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Priscilla Swartz,   b. 13 Jun 1878, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Nov 1968, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F5971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mabel Cressman,   b. 1914, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Sep 2008, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)
  Married	1997  [3]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F35055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Vera Viola Snyder,   b. 17 Feb 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Aug 1996, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	24 Aug 1938
  Children	1. Clayton Ray "Ray" Shantz   2. Dianne Kathleen Shantz   3. Carol Joy Shantz   4. Linda Karen Shantz
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F162508	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SHANTZ, Clayton Arthur-Went home. to be with his Lord, on Saturday. March 2 27. 2004, at Hamilton General Hospital, in his 90th year. Loved husband of Mabel Shantz (Cressman) and dear brother of Dorothy Snyder, both of Cambridge. Dad will be sadly missed by Carol J. Martin (Ernie) of Elora, Ray Shantz (Marlene) of Shakespeare, Dianne Roeder (Doug) of Ayr and Lynn Stager (Allen) of Dorchester. Special dad to Alvin Thrush of Calgary. Loving grandpa to Rick and Kathleen Martin, Valerie Williams and Shane Kropf, Roger and Grace Martin, Shellie and Sherman Martin, Tim and Jenny Shantz, Jim and Brenda Shantz. John and Catherine Shantz, Dan and Sarah Shantz, Vicky and Derek Martin. Stephanie and Jason Fournier, Mark Roeder, Melanie Stager. His great grandchildren were his delight. Kaitlyn, Nathan, Nicholas, Amanda, Marissa, Seth, Seth, Benjamin, Katrina, Reuben, Hannah, Madison, Helina. Clay and Annika and in-laws, Mabel Snyder, LeRoy and Susie Good, Ralph and Eileen Snyder. Also survived by his in-laws, Clifford Cressman, Edith Woolner, Harold Cressman, Alfred High. Anna Cressman and many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his first loving and dedicated wife of 58 years, Vera Snyder (1996); sisters, Leota and Ed Feick, Vinetta and Vernon Witmer; brothers. Lloyd and Beatrice Shantz, Ward and Mabel Shantz; in-laws. Lloyd Schmitt, Nelson Snyder, John W. Snyder, Alice Good; two grandchildren, Traci Stager and Chad Roeder and Betty Thrush. The most important aspects of dad's life were his love and faithful service for the Lord. His love of music included being in a male quartet and as congregational song leader at Shantz Mennonite Church, later singing with the Fairview Senior Choir. The family farm is now the Foxwood Golf Course. Later he enjoyed being a custom farm operator in the Roseville area. Among his interests, dad won awards ploughing with a team of Percheron horses at local ploughing. matches. His lifetime love of crokinole will not be forgotten. He also served as a Director of Mennonite Aid Union for many years. Friends and family will be received at the Centre Auditorium of Fairview Mennonite Home, 515 Langs Drive. Cambridge, today (Monday) from 2-4 p.m. and Tuesday at the Westmount Funeral Chapel, 1001 Ottawa St. South (at Westmount Rd.). Kitchener, 743-8900, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A service of committal will take place at Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at 1 p.m. followed by a Memorial Service to be held at 2:30 p.m. at Pioneer Park Christian Fellowship, 68 Biehn Drive, Kitchener. As expressions of sympathy, do nations to Fairview/Parkwood Build ing Fund or Mennonite Church Canada-Christian Witness would be appreciated by the family. The Record Mon, Mar 29, 2004 Page 15

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, S., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, S. (1914). Clayton Arthur Shantz (1914-2004) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41749353/clayton-arthur-shantz. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Alice Barbara (Snyder) Good - 15 Jan 1982. [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), Obituary of Mabel Shantz - Sep. 11, 2008.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 May 1914 - Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1982 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Mar 2004 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth