Lieselotte Shuster, 95, native of Germany

Lieselotte Ursula Amalie Shuster, 95, of Hatboro, a mother and traveler who never forgot her homeland in Germany, died Sunday, April 19, of cardiovascular disease at home.

Mrs. Shuster was born in Erpfingen, Germany, the daughter of Georg and Berta Hoch Lenz. She grew up in Goenningen, where her father was a teacher and her mother was active in church.

In 1939, she arrived in the United States for a visit with an aunt who lived near New York City. After World War II began, it was too dangerous for her to return home. She became a U.S. citizen in the early 1950s.

During the war years, she was a nurse for chronically ill children and a kindergarten teacher for Jewish children in New York City.

In 1945, she met her husband, William Lewis Shuster Jr., at a Valentine's Day dance for servicemen sponsored by the Salvation Army. The two were married three weeks later.

After the war, the couple moved to Philadelphia, her husband's hometown, where their three sons were born. The Shusters settled in Hatboro in 1952.

"Influenced by her childhood hometown, famous for its seeds, gardens and tulips," Mrs. Shuster turned to gardening as a favorite hobby, said son William George Shuster.

Mrs. Shuster also enjoyed reading in German and English, baking - including her popular Christmas cookies - and traveling with her family.

When her sons were young, the family toured the United States by car. Later, when her son Ronald joined the Navy, she visited him at New England ports of call. She visited her son Robert Douglas Shuster in Wheaton, Ill., where he led the Graham Archives at Wheaton College.

Starting in 1959, she returned to Germany as often as possible to visit her father and other family. In later years, Mrs. Shuster traveled to her homeland with her son William George to visit her sister and other relatives.

Mrs. Shuster was a longtime member of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, a German American church in Somerton, and an active member of its Frauenverein, or women's association.

Besides her sons, she is survived by a sister and nieces and nephews. Her husband died 20 years ago.

A visitation is to be from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday, April 24, at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, 14100 Worthington Rd., Philadelphia, Pa. 19116. A funeral service is to be at 10 a.m. at the church. Burial will be at Pine Grove Cemetery, Warminister.

Donations may be made to the Frauenverein or the Johann Ludwig Schneller School for disadvantaged children, both in care of the church at the address above.