Viola Annette Kraatz Meyer

Annette owned a franchise of a House of Nine Dress Shop on Houston Street in San Antonio which she enjoyed. After retiring she spent a number of years "Nana sitting" and was a Champion Grandmother. She was also an avid gardener and quite an athlete. Annette has been a member of Shepherd King Lutheran Church since 1974.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Sally Kraatz; her sisters, Hazel Daniels and Wilma Enderle; her brother, Ernest Kraatz, Jr.; first husband and Barbara's father, SSgt. Alton A. Schaffner; second husband of 56 years, Hilmar E. Meyer; and son-in-law, Jerry Austin.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Ann and Frank Dolan; granddaughter, Kimberly Lynette Austin of Dallas; grandson, Dr. Jeffrey Scott Austin of Dallas; Frank's children, Robert Dolan and wife Ruth, James Dolan, John Dolan and wife Patti, Rebecca and Steve Bratina, Mary and Bill Hatley; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Barbara and the family wish to extend their heartfelt thanks to Morningside Ministries - Cibolo House in Boerne and the Vitas Hospice staff for their loving care and support.

The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, September 30, 2012, at Porter Loring Mortuary North.

SERVICE

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012

11:00 A.M.

SHEPHERD KING LUTHERAN CHURCH

303 W. RAMSEY

Interment will follow in Mission Burial Park North.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Research or Shepherd King Lutheran Church.