Erval Clare "Clare" Shantz^[1]

1914 - 1995  (80 years)

• Name	Erval Clare "Clare" Shantz
  Born	26 Dec 1914	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Clare Shantz
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-24132
  Died	4 Apr 1995	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Buried	Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I24132	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Titus Shantz,   b. 17 May 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Feb 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Detweiler,   b. 5 Oct 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Sep 1942  (Age 60 years)
  Married	30 Dec 1908  [4]
  Family ID	F5975	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nora Burkhart,   b. 22 Jun 1915, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Aug 2006, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	Jul 1945
  Children	1. Elizabeth Ann Shantz   2. John Clare Shantz
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F10556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Shantz, E. Clare, 81, Ontario. Born: March 26, 1914, Kitchener, Ont., to Titus and Mary Ann Dettweiler Schantz. Died: April 4, 1995, Cambridge, Ont. Survivors - children: Elizabeth, John; siblings: Melvin, Anna Cressman; 2 grandchildren. Funeral and burial: April 7, Erb Street Mennonite Church, by Renee Sauder and Doug Snyder. Gospel Herald - Volume 88, Number 17 - April 25, 1995 __________________ Contributor: Donna M L W (48594125): Find A Grave Clare was born on a farm where now are the Eastwood Collegiate and Sunnyside Home. With his parents \endash Titus and Mary Ann (Detweller) Shantz \endash he attended First Mennonite then Stirling Avenue churches and was fully involved in each as Sunday school teacher, song leader, in male quartets, the Literary Society, Young People's Bible meetings, etc. In the early 1940s, Clare attended Ontario Mennonite Bible School. Nora was cook there, making meals for an average of 125 \endash 150 students: three meals a day, seven days a week. They were married in July 1945 and in September that year Clare joined Nora as a member of Erb Street. He was chosen by lot and ordained as deacon in 1948, serving until 1980, then was deacon emeritus until his death.In the 1950s Clare fell from a ladder, while working as a carpenter for J C Hallman, and severed his spinal column. After months of adjustment and rehabilitation, he continued as service manager at J C Hallman's until retirement. Some of Clare's many achievements \endash despite being restricted to a wheelchair \endash were getting a ramp built at Erb Street Church, and building trailers designed for his special needs so that he and Nora could travel.Nora's birthplace was on the farm situated on the north west corner of Columbia and Philip Streets in Waterloo. Her parents were Mennonite and Hattie (Lichty) Burkhart and the family attended Erb Street Mennonite Church from about 1922. There was a time at Erb Street when Sunday school pupils could choose their teacher: Nora moved with one class of teenage girls for nine years. The Sunshine Band Committee (later Girls' Club), Junior Charity Circle, the Beacon's WMSA (later WMSC Circle) and librarian were other leadership roles Nora took.In 1958, 1959 and 1960 Nora underwent many operations and treatment for cancer: one operation removed one eye and half of her upper jaw. She was told she would probably not live for another year.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Titus Shantz - March 3, 1964,. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, April 25, 1995 - Obituary of E. Clare Shantz. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20965704/erval-%22clare%22-shantz. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, November 12, 1942 - Obituary of Mary Ann Detweiler.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Dec 1914 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 4 Apr 1995 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth