Ruth Pauline Shantz

1922 - 2007  (85 years)

• Name	Ruth Pauline Shantz
  Born	1922  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Church Membership	Bethel Evangelical Missionary Church, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-140378
  Died	12 Feb 2007	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I140378	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Claude H. Shantz,   b. 9 Aug 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Laura Bierworth,   b. 1894, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	17 Aug 1921	Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F42671	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SHANTZ, Ruth Pauline - Passed away, peacefully on Monday, February 12, 2007, at Nithview Home, New Hamburg in her 85th year. Ruth, beloved sister of Marguerite (Cameron) Toman and John Shantz; loving aunt to Donna (Paul) Zarnke, Keith (Helen) Toman, Bruce (Annie) Toman and Carol (Bruce) Vanwyck. She will be fondly remembered by many great-nieces and nephews and all those who knew her. Predeceased by her parents, Laura and Claude Shantz; her sister Betty Shantz; her brother Donald Shantz and her sister-in-law, Janine Shantz. Ruth was for many years an organist at Bethel Evangelical Missionary Church, as well as an accomplished piano teacher. For the last six years Ruth resided at Nithview Home. Friends will be received at the Bethel Evangelical Missionary Church, 1531 Bridge Street, New Dundee, on Wednesday, February 14, 2007, from 6 until 9 p.m.. Funeral service will be held at the Church the following morning at 11 a.m. As expressions of sympathy, donations to Emmanuel Bible College, Bethel Evangelical Missionary Church or Nithview Community Palliative Care, New Hamburg would be appreciated by the family and can be made by contacting the funeral home at 519-743-8900. Share memories of Ruth online at www.mem.com. The Record Newspaper 14 Feb 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Ruth Pauline Shantz - 14 Feb 2007. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 8813 (1921), Clayton Shantz-Laura Bierworth. Claude Shantz, farmer of Carstairs, Alberta, Birth Place: Waterloo Twp. Age: 24 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897 Father Name: Ezra Shantz Mother Name: Lydin Hunsberger Spouse Name: Laura Bierwirth , Residence Elmwood,Spouse's Age: 26 Spouse Birth Place: Township of Brant Bruce Co Spouse Father Name: William Bierwirth Spouse Mother Name: Mary Ahrens Marriage Date: 17 Aug 1921 Marriage Location: Bruce, Brant twp.

  
  

• Event Map

  Church Membership - - Bethel Evangelical Missionary Church, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 12 Feb 2007 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth