Mrs. Addie Lucille Glover Ketner

Addie Lucille Glover Ketner was born on December 9, 1910, in Rowan County to Mary Augusta (Mollie) Bernhardt Glover and James Monroe Glover. Her husband of seventy-seven years, Glenn E. Ketner, preceded her in death in 2007. After a full and happy life, she died peacefully at her home on August 10, 2015, at age 104. Addie was a loving and generous mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and she valued her family above all else. She took special pride in the educational achievements of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and enjoyed providing them with challenges and opportunities. “Mimi” was a wonderful inspiration to them all. Addie is survived by her daughter, Carolyn K. Penny, and husband, Wade H. Penny, Jr., of Durham, and son, Glenn E. Ketner, Jr., and his wife, Susan H. Ketner, of Salisbury. Also surviving are grandchildren Dr. Wade. H. Penny, III, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, David M. Penny and wife, Cristy, of Boise, Idaho, Carolyn Leigh Penny and husband, Greg, of Davis, California, Dr. Michael G. Penny and wife, Marcia, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Glenn E. Ketner, III, and wife, Katherine, and John Christian Ketner and wife, Alexandra, all of Charlotte. Ten great-grandchildren will also cherish her memory. Addie was a member of the first graduating class at Boyden High School in 1927. She married Glenn E. Ketner on July 12, 1930, and together they established Ketners Super Markets, a chain of modern retail grocery stores in Salisbury and surrounding towns, as well as Excel Grocery Company, a supporting wholesale business. Addie was a homemaker while her children were small and a volunteer with the PTA, Scouts, Red Cross, and many other organizations including St. John’s Lutheran Church. On January 2, 1927, she attended the dedication of St. John’s at 200 West Innes Street, in Salisbury, where she has been an active member for over eighty years. She held a variety of leadership positions at St. John’s and was among the first women elected to serve on the Church Council. Addie was a charter member of the Amicitia Book Club, and was, for many years, a volunteer with the Rowan Hospital Auxiliary where she completed two terms as President. She was also an active member of the Elizabeth Maxwell Steele Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution where she served as Regent. She developed a consuming interest in family genealogy and was instrumental in the research, writing and publication of The Bernhardt Family, a definitive work on the John Crawford Bernhardt family. John Crawford Bernhardt’s great grandfather, John Christian Bernhardt I, emigrated from St. Johann, Germany, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1749. He subsequently moved his family to Piedmont North Carolina. Addie and her late husband, Glenn, were very much involved in their community, and in 1956 they established the Glenn E. and Addie G. Ketner Family Foundation to benefit regional and local educational, health and cultural organizations. Additionally, they endowed a nursing professorship at Lenoir Rhyne University in Hickory and funded the Center for International Studies at Catawba College in Salisbury. The family extends its special thanks to Dr. Myron Goodman and Dr. Chet Amin and to Addie’s in-home caregivers: Nancy Taylor, Tina Goodman, Rebecca Fortner, Charlene Whitley, Jessica Shafer, Angie Holt, Lisa Durette, Betty Bell, Joan Hardin, Candy Hilton, Chelsea Ritchie, and Connie Stegall. A special thank you is also extended to Ellen Webb who helped Addie and Glenn for almost eighteen years before her retirement in 2014. The unselfish service and devotion of these friends have been invaluable. Memorials may be made to St. John’s Lutheran Church (G2G, Phase II), the Center for International Studies at Catawba College, the Lenoir Rhyne University Ketner Family Nursing Professorship or Rowan Hospice and Palliative Care. A memorial service to celebrate the life of Addie G. Ketner will be held at St. John’s Church, 200 West Innes Street in Salisbury, on Saturday, August 15th at 11:00 am. Visitation will follow the service in the Fellowship Hall. Summersett Funeral Home is assisting the Ketner family. Online condolences may be made at www.summersettfuneralhome.com.

Mrs. Addie Lucille Glover Ketner

December 9, 1910 - August 10, 2015