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

Cyrus Bowman Shantz

Male 1919 - 1968  (49 years)


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  • Name Cyrus Bowman Shantz 
    Born 1919  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88616599 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-493194 
    Died 15 Dec 1968  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I493194  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

    Father Cyrus Bowers Shantz,   b. 29 Aug 1882, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1944  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Margaret May Bowman,   b. 24 Sep 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1940  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 24 Nov 1904  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F251987  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mavis Helen Demill,   b. 1919, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 
    Family ID F301813  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Cyrus B. Shantz, 328 Sterling Ave. N., Kitchener died Monday at K-W Hospital. He was 49.

      Mr. Shantz was born in Preston and had resided here all his life until he moved to Kit-chener one year ago. He was an accountant with the Cherry-Taylor Flour Mills, Ltd. in Preston. He was a member of Stanley Park Baptist Church. He had been active for many years in the boys hockey and base-ball association.

      Surviving, are his wife, the former Mavis DeMille; three sons, Donald of California, James and Edward, both of Kitchener and one daughter, Lenoa, also of Kitchener; two brothers, Robert F. of Preston, and Kenneth A. of Montreal; four sisters, Mrs. Frank (Margaret) MacLatchy of Waterloo, Mrs. E. M. (Dorothy) Aver of London, Mrs. Kenneth (Marie) Mills of Preston and Mrs. William (Ruth) Steurnagel of Florida.

      The body is at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home 566 Queen St. Preston where funeral ser-vice will be conducted Wed-nesday at 3 p.m. Interment will be in Memory Gardens, Bres-lau.

      Waterloo Region Record Tue, Dec 16, 1969 Page 21

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name:Cyrus Bowers Shantz Age:22 Birth Date:abt 1882 Birth Place:Canada Marriage Date:24 Nov 1904 Marriage County or District:Waterloo Father:P E Shantz Mother:Maria C Bowers Shantz Spouse:Margaret Bowman Spouse's Age:25 Spouse Birth Date:abt 1879 Spouse Birth Place:Canada Spouse Father:Christian Bowman Spouse Mother:Leah Snyder

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1919 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Dec 1968 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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