Edwin Simon Shantz

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• Name: Simon Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6744.3
• Birth: 4 Apr 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Edwin S. Shantz

HESPELER, Edwin S. Shantz, 74, died today at his home on Edward St., Preston. He was born in Wilmot Township and farmed near Hespeler, for 40 years, before he retired in 1941 and became associated with his brother, in the Speed Flour Mill. He is survived by his wife, the former Evelyn Howell. His first wife, Ida Martin, predeceased him in 1938. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. R. S. Evans, Puslinch Township; one brother, Junia Shantz, Fisher Mills; one sister, Mrs. Sydney Shantz, Kitchener and 12 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday, at 2 p.m., at the residence and at 2: 30 p.m., at Wanner Mennonite Church, with interment, in the Wanner Cemetery. The body now rests at his late residence.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 2 Feb 1952 pg 5

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Shantz, Edwin Simon, born April 4, 1878, in Wilmot Twp., Ont.; died Feb. 2, 1952; aged 73 y. 9 m. 28 d. At an early age he moved to the Hespeler district where he lived for the remainder of his life. In his teen age he was converted and became a member of the Wanner Church where he was an active member until the time of his death. In 1902 he was married to Ida Martin who predeceased him in 1939. He married Evelyn Howell in 1941. Surviving him are his wife, Evelyn, one daughter (Mrs. R. S. Evans, Hespeler, Ont.), 12 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, one brother (Junia Shantz), and one sister (Mrs. Sydney Shantz, Kitchener, Ont.). Funeral services were held Feb. 4 at the home and at the Wanner Church with Merle Shantz officiating, assisted by M. G. McFarlane, pastor of the United Church of Canada in Hespeler. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery

Gospel Herald - Volume XLV, Number 12 - March 18, 1952 --- page 286, 287

Edwin married Evelyn Howell 1941. Evelyn was born Abt 1880, Of, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Edwin married Ida Martin 15 Jan 1902, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada. Ida (daughter of Aaron Martin and Judith Snyder) was born 8 Jul 1880, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Sep 1938, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 14 Sep 1938, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Evans
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-57469
• Residence: 1952, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

— R. S. Evans. R. was born CA 1900; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]