Janis Marie Kueneman

1952 - 2007  (54 years)

• Name	Janis Marie Kueneman
  Born	31 Dec 1952	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Janis Marie Shantz
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-140202
  Died	20 Jun 2007	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Shantz Station, Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I140202	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Erwin Victor Kueneman,   b. 29 Jul 1915, Deemerton, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario ,   d. 27 Mar 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Hilda Katharine Russwurm,   b. 3 Aug 1914, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2002, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F56037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Roger Harold Shantz
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F56036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  JANIS MARIE SHANTZ nee Kueneman 1952-2007 Passed away peacefully at age 54, after a courageous battle with breast cancer, on June 20, 2007 at Freeport Health Centre, of Grand River Hospital Kitchener. Loving wife of Roger for 29 years. Devoted mother of sons, Matthew, Andrew, and Daniel. Beloved sister of Keith and Mary-Pat Kueneman. Lovingly remembered by mother-in-law, Elvera Shantz; wife of the late Howard S. Shantz, and sister-in-law, Susan and her husband Ray McLaughlin. Will be missed by nephews, Brad and his wife Cathy Kueneman, Nathan and his wife Lindsay McLaughlin and Lucas and his wife Michelle McLaughlin. Predeceased by her parents, Erwin and Hilda Kueneman, and nephew, Jeremy Kueneman. She will also be missed by her many friends in Breslau and at Holy Cross Lutheran Church where she was a faithful member and Past Treasurer of the Lutheran Women's Guild. She was a devoted wife and mother, and Secretary Treasurer of Howard S. Shantz Excavating Ltd. for 28 years. Janis loved cruising to the beaches of Ontario with Roger in his 1973 Plymouth Satellite that she was chauffeured in on her first date. She also enjoyed boating on the Trent Canal and Lake Couchiching with her family. Special thanks to Dr. Campbell, Dr. Basrur, Dr. Ward, and nurses at Grand River Regional Cancer Centre Kitchener and Dr. Williamson and nurses at Freeport Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, and the nurses from Community Care Access Centre. Friends are invited to share their memories of Janis with her family at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, on Friday, June 22, 2007 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will take place on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 322 East Ave., Kitchener, at 11 a.m., the Rev. Robert Bugbee officiating. Interment in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Shantz Station. Following the interment a reception will be held in the Church Hall. As expressions of sympathy, donations can be made to the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre, the Freeport Health Centre of Grand River Hospital or a charity of your choice and can be arranged through the funeral home, 519-745-8445 or www.erbgood.com. In living memory of Janis, a tree will be planted through the Trees for Learning Program by the funeral home. THE RECORD - Jun. 21, 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20630920/janis-marie-shantz.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 Dec 1952 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Jun 2007 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Shantz Station, Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth