Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAddie Louise Rattz
Birth20 Jul 1928, Rowan County, NC
Death5 Apr 2011, Gold Hill, Rowan County, NC
Burial7 Apr 2011, St Peter’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rockwell, Rowan County, NC
FatherE. Ernest Rattz (1899-1961)
MotherLillian Pearl Fesperman (1901-1988)
Spouses
Birth15 Oct 1927, Rowan County, NC
Death25 Feb 2015, Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Burial1 Mar 2015, St Peter’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rockwell, Rowan County, NC
MotherLillie Mae Arey (1891-1967)
Marriage28 Nov 1947
ChildrenLarry Stephen (1952-)
 Timothy Joe “Tim” (1955-)
Notes for Addie Louise Rattz
Addie Rattz Shaver

GOLD HILL - Mrs. Addie Rattz Shaver, loving wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and great-grandmother, 82, of Gold Hill, passed away at her residence Tuesday, April 5, 2011.

Mrs. Shaver was born July 20, 1928, in Rowan County, a daughter of the late Ernest and Lillian Fesperman Rattz.

Mrs. Shaver was a 1945 graduate of Rockwell High School and had retired from Rockwell Casket Company in 1969. She was a lifelong member of St Peter's Lutheran Church, a member of WELCA and a member of the Liberty Home Extension Club.

She enjoyed her family and community. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, traveling and spoiling her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters Ophelia Yates, Frankie R. Presnell; and a brother, Milford C. Rattz.

Survivors include husband Joseph Calvin Shaver, who she married Nov. 28, 1947; sons Larry S. Shaver and wife Jo Ann of Sanford and Tim J. Shaver and wife Amy of Salisbury; sisters Thelma R. Burleson of Gold Hill, Minnie R. Wood of Troy and Jackie R. Speight of Faith; grandchildren David Shaver and wife Jessica, Jonathan Shaver, Adam Shaver and wife Donna; and great-grandchildren Sarah, Andrew, Taryn and Aubrey Shaver.

Visitation: Thursday from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at St. Peter's Lutheran Church.

Services: Funeral Services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 7 at St. Peter's Lutheran Church by Rev. David Ridenhour, pastor, and Rev. Eddie Pless, a former pastor. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Peter's Lutheran Church, or Rowan Regional Hospice.

Powles Funeral Home is assisting the Shaver Family.

Salisbury Post, 6 Apr 2011
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