Elizabeth Boshart

1875 - 1953  (77 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Boshart
  Born	30 Aug 1875	East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elizabeth Bast
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-75649P
  Died	23 May 1953	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON   [1]
  Person ID	I75649	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Christian W. Bast,   b. 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jan 1937  (Age 62 years)
  Children	1. Allan Bast,   b. 2 May 1900, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 May 1985, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   2. Ezra Bast,   b. 17 Aug 1901, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Aug 1964, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)   3. Edith Irene Bast,   b. 1903,   d. 1998, Kingwood Reformed Mennonite Cemetery [formerly Roeser's Hill Mennonite Cemetery], Wellesley Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 95 years)   4. Lloyd Wesley "Wesley" Bast,   b. 13 May 1904, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 May 1977, Ailsa Craig, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   5. John Bast,   b. 1905,   d. 14 Jun 1983, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)   6. Nelson Bast,   b. 1907,   d. 2000  (Age 93 years)   7. Andrew Bast,   b. 25 May 1910,   d. 13 Apr 1964, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)   8. Clara Barbara Bast,   b. 17 Jun 1912, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jan 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)   9. Dorothy Bast,   b. 5 Dec 1916,   d. 23 Nov 1994  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F40910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Bast, Elizabeth, daughter of the late John and Barbara (Yantzi) Boshart, was born in East Zorra Township, Ont., Aug. 30, 1875; died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Yost, Wellesley, Ont., May 23, 1958; aged 82 y. 8 m. 24 d. On Oct. 23, 1898, she was married to Christian Bast, who preceded her in death, Jan. 22, 1937. She is survived by 6 sons and 3 daughters, all of Ontario (Allen, Phillipsburg; Ezra, Shakespeare; Wesley, London; John, Baden; Nelson, Harrington; Andrew, Woodstock; Irene-Mrs. William Yost, Wellesley, Clara; Mrs. Clayton Kropf, Phillipsburg; and Dorothy-Mrs. Edgar Mayer, Heidleburg), one sister (Nancy Jantzi, Shakespeare, Ont.), 26 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren. One brother and one grandchild preceded her in death. In her youth she accepted Christ as her Saviour and united with the East Zorra Amish Mennonite Church, of which she remained a faithful member until death. Funeral services were conducted at the East Zorra Church in charge of Joel Schwartzentruber and Henry Yantzi. Burial in the adjoining cemetery*. Gospel Herald - Volume LI, Number 27 - July 8, 1958-page 649, 650 * Elizabeth was buried in the New Hamburg Reformed Mennonite Cemetery (Hochstetler's) - not in East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery as inferred in the above obituary.

  
  

• Sources

  [S332] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - New Hamburg Reformed Mennonite CC#4562 Internet Link. Christian W/ Bast/ 1876-1937/ Elizabeth/ Boshart/ his wife/ 1875-1953 [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Elizabeth Bast - July 8, 1958-page 649, 650.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Aug 1875 - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 23 May 1953 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth