Anna Steckle^[1]

1872 - 1940  (68 years)

• Name	Anna Steckle
  Born	17 Feb 1872	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Anna Shantz
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6950.3
  Died	22 Jun 1940	Bay City, Bay Co., Michigan, USA   [4]
  Buried	Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, Oscoda, Michigan, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I69731	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Heinrich B. "Henry" Steckle,   b. 20 Dec 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Oct 1920  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Lydia Shantz,   b. 31 Aug 1848, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Apr 1908  (Age 59 years)
  Married	11 Jan 1869	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F5011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ananias C. Shantz,   b. 21 Sep 1873, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Nov 1943  (Age 70 years)
  Married	16 Feb 1897	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Ivan Shantz,   b. 23 Feb 1898, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ada M. Shantz,   b. 28 Sep 1899, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Alma Grace Shantz,   b. 23 Apr 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Oct 1996, West Branch, Ogemaw, Michigan, United States  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F18272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Shantz. --- Anna, daughter of Henry and Lydia (Shantz) Steckle, was born Feb. 17, 1872, in Waterloo Co., Ont.; died at the Samaritan Hospital in Bay City, Mich., July 22, 1940; aged 68 y. 5 m. 5 d. She was married to Ananias C. Shantz, Feb. 16, 1897, in Kitchener, Ont. They moved to Fairview, Mich., in 1908. She accepted Christ as her personal Saviour at the age of 33 years, untied with the Mennonite Church, and remained faithful through life, leaving a ringing testimony to her family. Her years were full of pain and her desire was to be with her Lord, where there is no pain if that was God's will. She leaves a bereaved husband, four sons and four daughters (Ivan of Stoughton, Wis.; Ada, Mrs. Oliver Handrich; Melvin, Ernest, and Clifford, of Fairview, Mich.; Alma, Mrs. Floyd F. Bontrager; Emma, Mrs. Edgar Yoder; and Edna of Midland, Mich.; and Naomi Markby at home whom she loved as one of her own children; 26 grandchildren, 3 brothers; 7 sisters and a host of relatives and friends. One granddaughter (Lola Handrich) preceded her in death. Funeral services were held July 25 at the Fairview Mennonite Church in charge of Bro. Moses Steiner. Text, Zech. 14: 7. Her body was laid to rest in the Fairview Cemetery. Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXIII, No 21 - August 22, 1940---- page 462, 463, 464.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 437. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-2 Page 7. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 3 Page 18. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, August 22, 1940 - Obituary of Anna Steckle. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 526. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Steckle Bible - family register. Heinrich B. Steckle, born Dec. 20, 1846 in Canada West, married Jan. 11, 1870 - Canada L. S. died Oct. 18, 1920 - Waterloo, Ont.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Feb 1872 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Feb 1897 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Jun 1940 - Bay City, Bay Co., Michigan, USA Buried - - Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, Oscoda, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth