Welcome

Thanks for visiting our family web site.
We are Rose and Joe Schlatter -- this is our family website.
We add material to this site from time to time -- you're welcome to visit any time.

On many pages there is a box in the Table of Contents that reads "Front Page" -- if you click on that, you will get a 404 Broken Link error -- here is an explanation for that. This website was made using the old Microsoft Front Page website editor, which was discontinued in 2003. Front Page required that each web host install "Front Page Extensions" on their site. When FP was discontinued, all web hosting services eventually removed the FP extensions from their servers. As a result, some of the pages on this website are not identical -- vestiges of the original site include navigation bars at top, bottom, and side of some pages and the bars are not all identical. Some pages do not have the same tan background as this page. I worked for several weeks in 2021 trying to make each page identical and finally gave up.

Rose Golden and Joe Schlatter met in college at Jacksonville State College (now University), Jacksonville, Alabama. We were married 30 July 1966. Rose was a high school English teacher for 35 years. As a result of moving 23 times in 28 years because of Joe's military service, Rose taught in public, private, and parochial schools in the US, Taiwan, and Japan. Joe went on active duty with the Army immediately upon graduation in 1967 and served 28 years, retiring from the Army in the rank of Colonel, April 1995. We have two children -- twins -- Joe and Stephanie, born in Germany in 1968. This website contains more information about us, our families, and our many adventures together. --

We add new information to this website from time to time, not on any regular schedule.

In late 2021 we had to re-build this website. A lot of the links were lost, however, after a few months links were fixed. If you find a link that does not work, please send me an email.

Photos of August 21, 2017 solar eclipse

The August 21, 2017 solar eclipse was clearly visible from our home in Northumberland County, VA. Here are three photos.

Photos of our grandchildren -- removed

We have two grandsons. As of September 2016, I have removed from this site all identifying data for them including photos.

Sorry I have to do this as I'm really proud of them, however, there are too many sick weirdoes out there who prey on little kids.

Finished and moved in -- July 2008!!

Follow the progress as we build our new home in Virginia.

Our Experience with Hurricane Katrina

In January 2005 we moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast and in late July 2005 we started construction on our new home. Click on this link to follow the progress of that house. We were acting as our own general contractor -- this section of our site has photos, explanations, and details of the new house. On 29 August 2005 -- Hurricane Katrina changed everything. See below.

Hurricane Katrina knocked us down but not out -- photos and our story here.

On 29 August 2005, Hurricane Katrina wiped out our plans. We were living in an apartment in Bay Saint Louis, MS; building a house in Waveland, MS; our personal property was in a storage facility in Pass Christian, MS.

While most of the attention to Katrina's destruction was focused on New Orleans, the fact is that the Mississippi Gulf coast was destroyed by Katrina.

The towns of Waveland and Pass Christian simply do not exist anymore -- almost every structure in these two towns was destroyed -- not just damaged but destroyed completely.
Bay Saint Louis was heavily and extensively damaged but, because it was higher in elevation, Bay Saint Louis was not as totally destroyed as Waveland and Pass Christian.

We lost almost everything we owned -- we were able to salvage a bed, a table, six chairs, and our dishes -- everything else we owned was destroyed. Follow this link for photos of what Katrina did to us.

In mid-October we moved back to East Tennessee 2005 where we stayed while deciding what to do next. A few weeks after moving back to Knoxville, Joe's fathere died. A few months later, his mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and she died in March 2007. In November 0227, we moved the Northumberland County, VA, where the Potomac Rivere joins the Chesapeake Bay.

In Memoriam:
Ernest E. Golden, Sr.
1908-1966

Rose's father died in February 1966 from injuries suffered in an automobile accident; Rose and Joe were married five months later.

In Memoriam:
Zelma Cobb Golden
1914-2003

Rose's mother died on 23 October 2003 after a three-year-long battle with Alzheimer's and the effects of diabetes and colon cancer.

In Memoriam:
Annie Lee Richardson Schlatter
1924 - 2007

Joe's mother died on 18 March 2007 after battling pancreatic cancer for seven months. She was diagnosed with cancer in August 2006; by January 2007 the disease had spread to her lungs and liver and throughout her abdomen.

In Memoriam:
Joseph A. Schlatter, Sr.
1915-2005

Joe's father, Joseph A. Schlatter, Sr., died on 29 November 2005. He was 90; he suffered a stroke on/about 5-6 November; he lost the use of his right arm and leg and the effects of the stroke progressed for three weeks. He died in his sleep early on the morning of 29 November. Joe and his mother were at his side. Here is his obituary.