Obituaries Announcements

Hattie Shaver
Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison
Lancaster, KS

Hattie Marie Shaver, 92, of Lancaster, KS passed away Friday, March 29, 2019, at her home in Lancaster.

A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be 2:00 pm on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Lancaster.     Family will receive friends for one hour prior to the services at the church.  Memorial contributions are suggested to the ALS Foundation or to St. John’s Lutheran Church, Lancaster and may be sent in care of the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, 800 Kansas Ave., Atchison, KS 66002.  Words of sympathy and remembrance may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com.

Hattie Marie Jacobsen was born on January 5, 1927 in Atchison, the daughter of Hans and Marie (Tadsen) Jacobsen.  Hattie was a 1944 graduate of Atchison High School and she had attended Concordia Teacher’s College in Seward, NE.  Hattie taught school at Weinman District #61, south of Atchison and later she worked for 23 years at the Lancaster grade school as a cook serving meals to the children.   Hattie was an active member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lancaster and was a member of the Women of ELCA group.  Hattie enjoyed cooking and sewing.  

Hattie and Victor Shaver were united in marriage on November 13, 1946 at the Trinity Lutheran Church parsonage in Atchison.   Victor preceded Hattie in death on May 21, 2003.  Her parents; sons,  an infant son (1949),  Daniel (1980), Thomas (2013); daughter, Vicki Hauschild (2016); brother, Carl Jacobsen (1980); sister, Bridgitta Roberts (2011).

Survivors include two sons, David Shaver, Lancaster, Paul (Ruth) Shaver, Sabetha, KS; daughter, Dianne (Bill) Pagel, Tallahassee, FL; son-in-law, Virgil Hauschild, Lancaster; daughter-in-law, Martha Shaver, Topeka, KS; sister, Julianna McQueen, Columbus, OH; nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.