Anna Ziegler

Anna (Berger) Ziegler, 89, passed away peacefully at HopeHealth Hulitar Hospice Center on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. She was the beloved wife of the late Ferdinand Ziegler, to whom she was wed April 23, 1955. Born in Bielau, Germany on November 16, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Heinrich Berger and Anna Berger (Linner).

In 1970, Anna immigrated to America with her husband and four children. They settled in Attleboro and lived there for most of her life before she and her husband moved to Norton to live with their daughter. Anna worked for a time at Texas Instruments and Ram Safety Products Corp. before assisting her husband in founding their own company, A.F. Ziegler and Son.

Soon after moving to America, she joined the German American Cultural Society in Rhode Island of which she was a lifelong member and its affiliate, the Loreleis (choir). She was a faithful communicant of St. John's the Evangelist Church in Attleboro.

Anna enjoyed hiking, cooking, and gardening, but her greatest joy was caring for her ever-growing family.

She is survived by her brother Heinz Berger, residing in Germany, as well as her four children: her daughter Christel and her husband Richard Precourt of Norton, her daughter Helga and her husband Kevin Donovan of Chepachet, R.I., her son Guenther Ziegler and his wife Bernadette of North Attleboro, and her daughter Edith and her husband Lance Trafford of Ft. Myers, Fla.; as well as 13 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a visitation from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1 at the Duffy-Poule Funeral Home, 20 Peck St., Attleboro.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2 at St John the Evangelist Church, 133 North Main St, Attleboro.

Burial will follow at St John's Cemetery, 165 West St., Attleboro.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the GACS (German American Cultural Society) 78 Carter Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02861 or directly at https://www.gacsri.org/