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Christian Daniel Schantz

Posted 2017-10-25 by Judy Wight Branson
The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Wednesday, October 11, 2017, page 5a & 8a

Christian Daniel Schantz passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 at
the age of 78 in Prescott, Arizona. Christian was born to Irwin and
Susan (Benner) in Roseau, Minnesota, on July 10, 1939.

As his name implies, Christian believed that Jesus is God and the
source of our salvation. He served with his father as part of
Northern Lights Gospel Mission from 1964 to 1977 in Red Lake,
Ontario, Canada. He also served as a mechanic, a service manager, a
truck driver, an appliance repairman, a husband and a father.

Christian is survived by his wife, Celia Schantz; children from a
previous marriage; two sons, Curtis Irwin Schantz of Scottsdale,
Arizona and Daris Amon Schantz of Scottsdale, Arizona; two
daughters, Starla Kay Neufeld of Kelowna, BC, Canada and Kristine
Sue Millett of Scottsdale, Arizona; nine grandchildren, Jadon
Schantz, Sharai Schantz, Joshua Schantz, Ciara Neufeld, Joelle
Neufeld, Kendra Neufeld, Caleb Neufeld, Abigail Millett and Lincoln
Millett; two brothers, Dennis Schantz and Merle Schantz; and one
sister, Sylvia Gregory.

Christian is preceded in death by parents Irwin and Susan Schantz
and his sister, Dorothea Schrock.

Information provided by survivors.




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