Arthur C. Shantz: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

Arthur C. Shantz was born 25 Aug 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1953; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-28134
Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite

Arthur — Edna Kathryn Wahl. Edna (daughter of Andreas "Andrew" Wahl and Mary E. Engelter) was born 23 May 1895, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1981; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. Jean E. Shantz was born 1921; died 22 Feb 1988, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. William Arthur Shantz was born 1924; died 24 Aug 1999; was buried , Farringdon Burying Grounds, Brantford Twp., Brant Co., Ontario.
4. Elizabeth "Betty" Shantz was born 1929; died 20 Jul 2013, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

Jean E. Shantz

(1.Arthur¹) was born 1921; died 22 Feb 1988, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-190078
Residence: 1988, 140 Melrose Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

JEAN SHANTZ was a beloved and superlative language teacher at several Ontario high schools, most notably in Kitchener where she taught Latin to a thousands of admiring students. She was a legend at Eastwood Collegiate Institute from 1956 until she retired in the mid 1970s.

Her pedagogy was impeccable and highly practical. She drilled students daily until they could recite declensions instinctively and recall with confidence advanced tenses such as the pluperfect indicative active. She assigned homework and expected it to be done.

Her facility in Latin was effortless and she delivered her lessons with precision, clarity and humour. She could say "nominative-genitive-dative-accusative-vocative-ablative" in one breathless and inspiring cadence.

She liked Catullus and agreed with Virgil that "...descensus Averno facilis est." A refined lady in mind and person, Miss Shantz nevertheless opined with Horace "...est modus in rebus..." and by example taught her students to be proud and modest, disciplined and demure.

She celebrated Roman history and culture and admired its luminaries. "Omnia Gallia in tres partes divsa est," pronounced Caesar and Miss Shantz passed this along to her students with a confidence that it would always be so.

She was an erudite teacher and outstanding role model for all of her students. Even those who pulled their hair out over Latin did not talk disparagingly behind her back. Her smile and her gentleness and thoughtfulness were unforgettable.

The instruction of classics in Kitchener will not see her like again.

Sic transit gloria mundi.

tribute by Daryl Smith

(2018). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 10 December 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46678243/jean-e_-shantz

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SHANTZ, Jean E.

At her residence, 140 Melrose Ave., Kitchener, on Monday, Feb. 22, 1988, after a lengthy illness. She was a member of Zion United Church., she graduated from the University of Western Ontario, in 1943 and taught secondary school in Kenora, Acton and Ingersoll, but the majority of her teaching years were spent in Kitchener. Sister of William (Bill) of Brantford, Betty (Mrs. William Woodruff) of Toronto. Also survived by two nephews, Roy Shantz and Mark Woodruff and one niece, Jean Shantz. She is predeceased by her parents. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 7 p.m., this evening (Tuesday), until noon on Thursday, when removal will be made to St. Andrew's Memorial Anglican Church, Mill Street, where the funeral service will be held, at 2: 30 p.m., with Rev. Harry Janke officiating. Interment in Kitchener Mount Hope cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 23 Feb 1988 pg B13

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William Arthur Shantz (1.Arthur¹) was born 1924; died 24 Aug 1999; was buried , Farringdon Burying Grounds, Brantford Twp., Brant Co., Ontario.
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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-190081

Elizabeth "Betty" Shantz

(1.Arthur¹) was born 1929; died 20 Jul 2013, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-190084

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WOODRUFF, Elizabeth "Betty" (nee Shantz) - Passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 20, 2013 at Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital Palliative Care Unit, after a courageous battle with cancer at the age of 84. Beloved wife of the late William (Bill) Woodruff, loving mother of Mark (Mina) and gran to Sarah and Thomas. Betty lived a rich and cultured life, regularly attending the Theatre, the ROM and AGO. For over 30 years she attended continuing education courses at University of Toronto and George Brown. Her early education as a librarian (University of Toronto) made her a voracious reader and she kept an impressive life list. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. A private cremation will be held at Betty's request. Memorial donations can be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association or The Kidney Foundation, two of the charities she supported.

Toronto Star from July 22 to July 27, 2013