Anne Shuler

Anne K. Shuler SUFFOLK - Anne Knight Shuler passed away on Nov. 10, 2009. Born Sept. 10, 1920, in Whaleyville, Va., she was the only daughter of the late Horace Burton Knight and Annie Ruffin Beaman Knight Milteer. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, John Wade Shuler Sr.; children, Ellen B. Shuler of Richmond, Va., Betty S. Grimm and husband Les of Bel Air, Md., Jan S. Blumenthal and husband Shelley of Blacksburg, Va., and son, J. Wade Shuler Jr. and wife Pem of Portsmouth; grandchildren, David H. Grimm, Bryan H. Grimm and wife Meghan, Tara S. Hardy and husband Paul, Rachel S. Budde and husband Danny, John Wade Shuler III (Trey); great-grandchildren, Nolan Budde and Flannery Grimm. After graduating in 1941 from Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C., Mrs. Shuler taught music at Fairfax High School in Fairfax, Va. She and her husband were married in 1943 and she continued teaching while her husband served overseas during World War II. After the war, they moved to Portsmouth where she taught piano for more than 35 years. She was a charter member of the Tidewater Music Teachers Forum, a former member of the National Guild of Piano Teachers and was a member of the Cradock Music Club. Mrs. Shuler, a member of Cradock Baptist church since 1952, taught the Gleaners Sunday school class and was the Sunday school pianist until 2003, when she and her husband moved to Suffolk. During her final years at Lake Prince Woods, she continued to participate in musical activities including concert performances with "The Eighties Ladies," a group of three other resident musicians. A memorial service will be conducted in the Portsmouth Room at Lake Prince Woods, 100 Anna Goode Way, Suffolk, at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, by the Rev. Rob Edwards and the Rev. Mary Henderson. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Cradock Baptist Church, 96 Afton Parkway, Portsmouth, VA 23701, the Lake Prince Woods Benevolent Fund, 100 Anna Goode Way, Suffolk, VA 23434 or to the American Cancer Society, 604 Constance Woods Drive, Suffolk, VA 23434. R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the family. Condolences may be registered at www. rwbakerfh.com.