Catherine Ann Hauslein

Female 1920 - 2014  (93 years)


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  • Name Catherine Ann Hauslein 
    Born 14 Jun 1920  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 11 Jan 2014  Charleston, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20335  Virts
    Last Modified 22 Jul 2021 

    Family Dr. Thomas Garland Potterfield,   b. 28 Jul 1921, Charleston, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 2019, Charleston, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Married 17 Mar 1945  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Potterfield
     2. Michael Potterfield
     3. Ann Potterfield
     4. Suzanne Potterfield
     5. Lucy Potterfield
     6. Betsy Potterfield
     7. Katharine B. Potterfield,   b. 2 Sep 1948, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 2012, Charleston, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     8. Phyllis Mary Potterfield,   b. 28 Jan 1950, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 2017, Charleston, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2012 
    Family ID F7140  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The Charleston Gazette, January 16, 2014

      Ann Hauslein Potterfield, 93, of Charleston, died Jan. 11, 2014, after a long, wonderful life.

      She is survived by her loving husband, Dr. Thomas G Potterfield of Charleston; two sons, Tom (Rebecca) Potterfield of Haddon Township, N.J., and Michael Potterfield of Charleston; five daughters, Ann (Jim) Weimer, Phyllis Potterfield and Suzanne (Ed) Pancake, all of Charleston, Lucy (Tom) Stec of Ripley and Betsy (Mark) Byers of Leonardtown, Md.; seven grandchildren, Tom (Elisabeth) Galperin of Hillsborough, N.C., Meg (Ken) Moss of Sanford, N.C., Tom (Ciana Pullen) Stec of Charleston, S.C., Blair Stec of North Charleston, S.C., Paul Pancake of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Ann and David Pancake of Charleston; and five great-grandsons, James, Nathanael, Cooper and Tucker Moss and Elijah Galperin.

      She was preceded in death by her parents, Lucien Albert and Katharine Armstrong Hauslein; by her brother, Jackson Hauslein, and his wife, Helen Ann Hauslein White, her best childhood friend; and by her daughter, Katharine Blair Potterfield.

      Ann was born June 14, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pa. She attended the Holman School in Wynnewood, Pa., and Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Va., where she majored in theater and excelled in athletics, especially tennis and field hockey, being selected as a member of the All-Southeastern Field Hockey team during her senior year.

      After college, she returned to Philadelphia and worked in a World War II plant, organizing wellness programs, including basketball and other team sports, for male and, for the first time, female employees. On March 17, 1945, she married Tom Potterfield, and embarked with him on an adventure of 68 years filled with love for each other, family, music and art, lifelong learning, travel and the giving of self to others.

      Following time in Richmond, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Washington, D.C., and New York City, while her husband finished his medical training and military service, Ann moved to West Virginia in 1951. After raising her eight children in Charleston, she moved to Lewisburg, W.Va., in 1982, residing there until 2001, when she returned to Charleston for the last 12 years of her life. Along the way, she was not only a loving wife and busy mother, but an active citizen in each community where she lived. Among the many organizations to which she contributed were the Medical Auxiliary at Charleston Memorial Hospital/CAMC, working in the Coffee and Gift Shop and as manager of the Santarama fundraiser; Meals on Wheels, as a packer, driver, deliverer and board member; Keep a Child in School as a mentor; and Carnegie Hall in Lewisburg as a board member and avid promoter. In addition, she made time to serve as homeroom mother, Girl Scout leader and swim team chauffeur for her children.

      Ann continued playing tennis as an adult and proudly won the Women's 30 and Over West Virginia State Doubles title. She also served as a junior high school tennis coach and as an umpire for the U.S. National Girls Sweet 16 Tennis Tournament. Always looking for new challenges, she took up weaving in her 50s and was a founding member of Lucy Quarrier Weavers in Charleston. She later organized the weaving studio at Lewisburg's Carnegie Hall, now named in her honor, along with annual spinning and weaving demonstrations in the sheep barn at the West Virginia State Fair.

      Ann loved her adopted state of West Virginia. She especially loved spending time at her summer house on the Greenbrier River, swimming, paddling canoes and tending her vegetable garden. Later, she oversaw the renovation of The Little House in Lewisburg, where she and Tom lived for nearly two decades and which was featured in Mid-Atlantic Country Magazine and on multiple house and garden tours. She had a gift for decorating with early American antiques, arts and crafts, and loved to open her homes to others and to entertain friends.

      She traveled extensively throughout North America and Europe, and particularly enjoyed France and the times she and Tom spent in the small village of Venasque. She loved any beach, anywhere, any time. Wherever she was, Ann made friends and kept up with both old friends and new ones as a prolific letter writer. Her best friend, however, was her husband, Tom, whom she first met when they were six and seven years old and with whom she had a love affair to remember.

      Friends may visit with the family at Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home, 1118 Virginia St. E., Charleston, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, beginning at 5:30 p.m., with a short prayer service to be held at 7 p.m. There will be a Funeral Mass at the Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, 1114 Virginia St. E., on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 11 a.m. with Monsignor P. Edward Sadie as celebrant.

      Special thanks to those who helped Ann and her family during the last months of her life, including the staff and residents at Riverview Terrace, the staffs at the Memory Unit at Arthur B. Hodges Center at Edgewood Summit, Dunbar Center, 6 South at CAMC General Hospital and 3 South at CAMC Memorial Hospital, and during her last week, the wonderful team at Hubbard Hospice House and caring sitters from ResCare Home Care Services.

      In lieu of flowers, and to honor Ann, the family suggests gifts to Carnegie Hall, 105 Church St., Lewisburg, WV 24901, or www.carnegiehallwv.org, to support the Ann Potterfield Weaving Studio, or to a charity of your choice. You may send your condolences and memories to the family at www.barlowbonsall.com.

      Arrangements will be handled by Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home.


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