Mary Cathrine Shantz

1916 - 2003  (87 years)

• Name	Mary Cathrine Shantz
  Born	1916	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mary Cathrine Cressman
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-51689
  Died	11 Dec 2003	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I51689	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Simeon N. Shantz,   b. 1 Mar 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 May 1973, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Celina Cressman,   b. 9 Feb 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Apr 1963  (Age 72 years)
  Married	24 Jan 1912	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F28975	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Horace Cressman,   b. 12 Sep 1917, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jun 2004, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Children	1. Elaine Alice Cressman
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F41137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  CRESSMAN, Mary Cathrine (nee Shantz) - Peacefully, while surrounded by her loving family, at Fairview Mennonite Home, on Thursday, December 11, 2003, in her 87th year. Beloved wife of Horace Cressman. Loving mother of Elaine and her husband John Weber of Petersburg, Mark Cressman and his wife Simone Peta of Waterloo, Brenda and her husband Clare Snider of Elmira, and Mary Jane and her husband Victor Guerin of Toronto. Proud and loving grandmother of Emily Weber, Jill Weber-Friesen and her husband Curwin, Celine, Barrett, Ashley, Chanel, and Sauve Cressman, Julie and her husband Anton Heimpel, Maureen Snider, Matthew, Rachel, and Rebecca Guerin. Mary is also survived by her sisters, Ferne and her husband Merle Yoder of California, and Audrey May of Kitchener. Predeceased by her sisters, Irene and her husband Orton Koch, Edna and her husband Harold Shenk and brothers-in-law, John Feicht and Jack May. Mary was a longtime, active member of Breslau Mennonite Church where she was involved with the WMSC and other programs of the church. Friends are invited to share their memories of Mary with her family for memorial visitation at Breslau Mennonite Church on Sunday from 3-5 and 7-9 pm. The memorial service to celebrate Mary's life and faith will be held at Breslau Mennonite Church on Monday, December 15, 2003 at 11 a.m. with Pastor Darrel Toews presiding. Cremation has taken place. A private interment in the church cemetery will precede the memorial service. Following the service, friends are invited to join the family in the church fellowship hall for refreshments and a time to visit. In Mary's memory, donations may be made to the Mennonite Central Committee or Fairview Mennonite Home and can be arranged through the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King Street South in Waterloo - 745-8445 or www.edwardrgood.com The Record 13 Dec 2003

  
  

• Sources

  [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Mary Cathrine Shantz Cressman - Dec. 13, 2003. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link . Cressman/ Horace/ Cressman/ Sept. 12, 1917/ June 1, 2004/ Mary C./ Shantz/ Dec. 2, 1917/ Dec. 11, 2003/ Married Sept. 6, 1939/ Peace [S8] News - Gospel Herald, April 23, 1963 - Obituary of Celina Cressman.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1916 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Dec 2003 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth