Victims of Fort Lauderdale Attack Include 'Joyful' Great-Grandmother and Globe-Trotting Husband
ABC News has confirmed the identities of two of the five victims.
— -- One of the victims from Friday's shooting attack at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport was a doting great-grandmother active in her church, while another victim was a world traveler with a love for cruising.
As law enforcement officials continue to investigate alleged gunman Esteban Santiago, 26 -- the army veteran who opened fire in a baggage claim area, killing five and wounding six -- the families of the deceased are coping with their devastating loss.
ABC News has confirmed the identities of three of the five victims: Olga Woltering, 84, a great-grandmother from Marietta, Georgia; Michael Oehme, 57, a land surveyor from Council Bluffs, Iowa, who owned his own business, Boundaryline Surveys; and Terry Andres, 62, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, who was on his way to a cruise to celebrate his birthday; and Shirley Timmons, 70, from Senecaville, Ohio.
The church Woltering attended, Transfiguration Catholic Church in Marietta, posted a statement on its Facebook announcing her death, remembering her as a devout member of its congregation.
"Olga and her husband, Ralph, could always be found at 5:00 pm Mass, in the front of the Tabernacle side," reads the statement. "They were always happy and approachable!"
The Wolterings, who lived in a retirement community, had traveled to Fort Lauderdale for a cruise, according to The Associated Press, citing parishioners. Woltering's husband escaped without injury, according to ABC affiliate WSB-TV.
Woltering was active in the ladies auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic charity affiliated with her church, Roger Heil, the grand knight of the local Knights of Columbus group, told The Associated Press.
The church held Mass Saturday evening in Woltering's honor, according to WSB-TV.
"Olga Woltering was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and good friend to many," her son Tim Woltering said. She, along with our father, Ralph, is the cornerstone of our family and while she’s absent in our lives now, she remains in our hearts, thoughts and memories forever," said son Tim Woltering.