SHIRLEY LAUTENSCHLAGER

MIDDLEBURY- Shirley (Schuster) Lautenschlager, age 93, of Middlebury, died Sunday, September 8, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Harry Lautenschlager.

Shirley was born June 22, 1920 in Yonkers, NY., daughter of the late George and Anna (Delkascamp) Schuster. She resided in Middlebury her whole life and graduated from Waterbury Catholic High School. She had worked for Anchor Fasteners in Waterbury as a bookkeeper for 25 years, retiring in 1986. She was a member of the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, a Girl Scout Leader in Middlebury and volunteered for the American Heart Association. Shirley enjoyed knitting and needlepoint, and was very artistic with arts and crafts. She also enjoyed painting and caning chairs and was an avid bird watcher. She will always be remembered for her tremendous attention to the needs of others above and beyond her own. Shirley was a communicant of St. John of the Cross Church.

She is survived by two daughters, Karen Cunningham and her husband Joseph Swiridowsky of Waterbury and Spring Hill, FL, and Jill Lane and her husband Robert of Oak Bluffs, MA and a sister, Beverly Aretz and her husband Douglas of Clarksville, TN,nieces and nephews, two grandchildren, Robin Redline and her husband David and Martin Selby, seven great grandchildren, Anthony, Erik, Kevin, Rachel, Melanie, Jerami and Adrianna. She was predeceased by her brother George Schuster.

Memorials: Contributions may be made to: St. John of the Cross Church, 1321 Whittemore Rd. Middlebury, CT 06762 or to the American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Dr., Wallingford, Ct 06492.

Cemetery: Middlebury Cemetery

Location: Munson-Lovetere Southbury

Funeral: St. John of the Cross

Services: A funeral Mass will be held on Thursday at 10 a.m. at St. John of the Cross Church, Middlebury.

Visitation: Friends may call the Southbury Funeral Home of Munson-Lovetere, 235 Main St. North on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m.