His mother was an alcoholic who had been drinking from the age of 13. Brought up in the Mormon community of Salt Lake City, Catherine Roerva Pelzer would hide in the outhouse during Prohibition to wince down bootleg whiskey. Her parents were divorced, which made them outcasts in that religious community, and Catherine was frequently locked in a closet, denied food, and told how despicable she was. Her own childhood experiences, coupled with her Alcoholism, eventually led her down a dark path of uncontrollable destructive behavior toward her second child our of the four children she had.
As of my last update, Catherine Roerva Pelzer is not in prison. She is the mother of author Dave Pelzer, who wrote about his abusive childhood in the book "A Child Called 'It'". It is important to verify the latest information from reliable sources.
She didn't only abuse her third child. When Dave was taken in to care, she abused her other children but it was nothing compared to what she did to him. Read a brother's journey by Richard Pelzer.
One reason that he was abused so much more than the others may have been that she thought that "IT" AKA David Pelzler what the reason that she and Stephen divorced. However, she was beating her son way before they got a divorce, and in his first book it says that the reason "mother gave me the beatings was because father didnt want to be around her as much and nothing was the way things used to be" or something along those lines. So whatever the "reason," it was ludicrous, as is any justification for abuse, of course.
no but you have to know that it was 30 year ago
Yes she was abused as a child. being abused+drinking+her mental health= not good
Catherine Roerva Pelzer
Catherine Roerva Christen Pelzer (Died in 1992)
Stephen Joseph Pelzer (1923-1980) Catherine Roerva Christen Pelzer (1929-1992)
No. Catherine Roerva Pelzer died in January of 92, of a heart attack in her sleep
actually yes we can but there is only one.. Type in her name Catherine Roerva Christen Pelzer and it will come up with one but only onewe cant dave blocked her out
In 2009, Catherine Roerva Pelzer, known as the mother in the memoir "A Child Called 'It'", would have been in her late 70s. She passed away in 1992 at the age of 63.
Father: Stephen Joseph Pelzer (1923 - 1980) Mother: Catherine Roerva Christen Pelzer (1929 - 1992)
Catherine Roerva Pelzer stopped abusing Dave Pelzer when he was 12 years old and he was eventually removed from her care by child protective services.
His mother name is Catherine Roerva Christen Pelzer.
For a picture of Catherine Roerva Christen Pelzer in her wedding dress (the picture Dave found as indicated in his book), visit the following link: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bNXKspmqzIc/SnncE7CjnoI/AAAAAAAAAHo/iGuOQtNO42k/s1600-h/Catherine+Roerva+Christen+Pelzer.bmp == ==
There is no publicly available information to suggest that Richard Pelzer was an accomplice of Roerva Pelzer. Richard is known for his memoir "A Brother's Journey," detailing his experiences growing up with an abusive mother, Roerva Pelzer.
Dave Pelzer's mother's full name was Catherine Roerva Christen Pelzer. She passed away from a heart attack in 1992.