Elmer Oscar Shantz^[1]

1898 - 1989  (90 years)

• Name	Elmer Oscar Shantz
  Born	14 Oct 1898	Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1907	, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	1911	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1926	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Tire Worker
  Residence	1952	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-58646
  Died	30 Mar 1989	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I58646	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Ezra S. Shantz,   b. 12 Sep 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Mar 1955  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Anna Margaret Loucks,   b. 22 Aug 1870, , St. Joseph Co., Indiana ,   d. 8 Dec 1952, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	19 Feb 1893  [5]
  Family ID	F8905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eva Bachert,   b. 3 May 1900, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jan 1994  (Age 93 years)
  Married	9 Jan 1926	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Dorothy Evangeline Shantz,   b. 19 Jul 1926
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F18711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SHAN-17, Elmer - Peacefully, at K-W Hospital, on Thursday, March 30, 1989, Elmer Oscar Shantz, age 90 years, of Sunnyside Home, Kitchener Mr. Shantz was a member of Zion United Church and was a route salesman with Burkhardt and Westside Dairies for 35 years. Beloved husband of the former Eva Bachert, with whom he celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary, January 9. 1989. Dear father of Dorothy and her husband Nicholas Harder of Waterloo; brother of Eldon Shantz of Kitchener and Mrs. Mary Lantzer of Goshen, Ind. Lovingly remembered by his grandchildren, June Dietrich, John Harder, Anne and her husband Robert Shells, Kathryn and her husband Gordon Young and Patricia Harder and his great-grand-children, Charles and Dorothy Dietrich and Jay Shells. Predeceased by his parents, Ezra and Anna Shantz; four brothers, John, Jacob, Joseph and William and two sisters, Catherine and Sarah. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 7 p.m. Tuesday, continuing until the funeral and committal service in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel. on Thursday at 2:30 p.m., Rev. Damen Welsh officiating. Interment Woodland cemetery. Memorial donations to the Arthritis Society, or the charity of your choice would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Reception to follow in the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre. We love you, Poppy and will miss you.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 046219-26. Elmer Oscar Shantz, 27, occ. Tire Worker, b. Indiana U.S.A., res. 62 Scott St. Kitchener, son of Ezra S. Shantz (B. Wilmot Twp) & Annie Loucks married Eva Bachert, 25, occ. Stenographer, b. Waterloo Twp, res. RR#3 Kitchener Waterloo Twp, daughter of William Bachert (B. Wilmot Twp) & Elvina Baer, Witnessed by: Mrs. Gordon Weber & Mrs. U. K. Weber Both of Kitchener, 9 January 1926 in Waterloo Twp. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 10 Page 7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50559051/elmer-oscar-shantz. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, March 11, 1952 - Obituary of Elvina Bachert. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Ezra S. Shantz - April 12, 1955 ­ page 358, 359.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Oct 1898 - Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Immigration - 1907 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tire Worker - 1926 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 9 Jan 1926 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1952 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Mar 1989 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth