Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMary Frances “Doodle” Graeber
Birth27 Dec 1921, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
Death13 Jan 2011, Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, NC
Burial17 Jan 2011, Oakwood Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
Spouses
Birth28 Aug 1919, Stanly County, NC
Death10 May 2000, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
BurialOakwood Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
FatherMack Daniel Hatley (1876-1958)
MotherLaura I. McClure (1882-1934)
Marriage1940
ChildrenLee
 Jane Elizabeth
Notes for Mary Frances “Doodle” Graeber
Mary Frances Hatley

KANNAPOLIS - Mrs. Mary Frances Graeber Hatley, 89, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2011, at Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis.

She was born on Dec. 27, 1921, in Concord, to the late Clarence and Sadie Litaker Graeber. Mary Frances was a graduate of Concord High School, class of 1939. She retired from Craftsman Finishers after 35 years.

Mrs. Hatley is preceded in death by her husband, Clifford Lee Hatley Sr., who passed away May 10, 2000, and sisters, Margaret Moore, formerly of Concord, Pearl Sossaman, formerly of Baltimore, Md., and Sadie Barbee, formerly of Concord.

Mary Frances was a lifelong Lutheran attending St. Martins and Calvary Lutheran, where she was active as a Sunday school teacher and a choir member. She was well known for her homemade mints, which won her blue ribbons at county fair. Her other hobbies included 150 rose bushes, which she cared for diligently, often giving bouquets to others for their enjoyment. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

A visitation will be held at Hartsell Funeral Home, Concord, on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, from 3 until 5 p.m. A funeral service will be held on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, in the chapel of Hartsell Funeral Home at 1 p.m. with the Rev. John Merck officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery. At other times, the family will be meeting at the home of her daughter, Jane Hinson, at 31 Eastcliff Drive, Concord.

She is survived by her son, Lee Hatley and wife, Becky; daughter, Jane Elizabeth Hinson and her late husband, Doug, of Concord; grandchildren, Scott Hatley and wife, Minda, of Greensboro, Tim Canup and wife, Elizabeth, of Concord, Beverly Barbee and husband, Steve, of Kannapolis, Britt Hatley and wife, Caryn, of Warrensburg, Mo., and Shaw Hatley and husband, Manuel, of Arlington, Texas; great grandchildren, Will and Dalton Hatley, of Greensboro, Andrew and Alex Canup, of Concord, Victoria and Blake Barbee, of Kannapolis, and Addison Hatley, of Warrensburg, Mo.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN; or Samaritan's Purse, PO Box 3000, Boone, NC.

The family would like to thank Mary Frances' caregivers at Caremoor Retirement Center, the doctors and nurses at CMC NorthEast, and Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County. Hartsell Funeral Home of Concord is serving the Hatley family.

Independent Tribune, 15 Jan 2011
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