Birth date: Jun 7, 1935 Death date: Apr 13, 2019
Shirley Marian Auten Keistler passed away on Saturday April 13, 2019. She was born June 7, 1935 in Walterboro, SC to the late Horace Warren Auten and Freida Gasque Auten. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 39 years J Read Obituary
My sincere sympathy to Shirley, Lynda and Michael in the loss of their Mother. I loved going to their house as a young child and enjoyed her fabric shop, too. I can't believe we could have reconnected at OIB - her church there was very close to my family's place at the beach- and many times I thought, I should go check out the service at Seaside.
My thoughts and prayers are with the family.
What a truly beautiful soul! I don't remember a time Shirley and Joe were not in my life. My mother made most of our clothes and so we were often at Joe's Fabrics enjoying Joe while Momma and Shirley got the fabric and notions together......not sure she enjoyed our visits as much as we did. Still she was always kind to us no matter how much trouble we might have caused. When I was clerk of session at Cornelius Presbyterian Shirley was a true blessing to me and the church as a whole. I said one time I wanted to start a book club she said yes to everything I needed. I said let's do a prayer shawl ministry she "found" me some yarn to get the ministry started, the same when I wanted to get the little girls involved with a blanket ministry.......fleece appeared.......and if I every had dreams that were not really practical she found a way to get me to see the reason and still made me think I was smarter than the average bear. She provided me a place of respite more times than I can think. I am blessed to have known Shirley and I thank God for the blessing she has been to my life. Thank you to her family for sharing her. My love and prayers are with you all.
