Our beloved mother and grandmother, Renate Schuett, passed away November 18, 2022. She was born in Berlin, Germany to Hans and Gerda Fieck on July 20, 1941. She is survived by her son, Ragnar Schuett, her daughter, Erika van Wijngaarden, Erika’s husband, Edwin van Wijngaarden, and granddaughters Evelyn and Madeline van Wijngaarden. She is also survived by her sister, Gisela Braun.
Renate loved children and loved to travel. She went to school for child development and then found a job as a governess with a family in Switzerland and accepted the family’s offer to move to the United States with them. Renate fell in love with the United States, and lived in California, North Carolina, New Jersey, and Colorado before she moved to New York in 2004. She met her husband, Ronald Schuett, in 1969 and they soon married. Renate became a devoted mother and took on many volunteering roles in school. She was full of love for her children and grandchildren and encouraged them to follow the path of their choosing. Her life was not always easy; she lost her husband of 20 years to cancer and fell on hard times, but she was tough and had very strong work ethic that she learned from her dad. She was always very optimistic and tried to see the best in all people and situations. After her retirement she spent much of her time with her family, and she brought her good nature and volunteering spirit to her residential community. For example, she was an avid gardener and helped with organizing the community gardens. Renate also was an excellent seamstress and made many amazing Halloween outfits and beautiful dresses for her granddaughters.
We will dearly miss her love, wisdom, and candidness and hope she has found the peace she deserves. We love you mom.
Please consider donating to Lollypop Farm in her memory.
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Liebe Nati, a part of my childhood goes with you. I remember the time when you were briefly in Berlin again in the middle or late 1960s. You had a turquoise turban and to ride along with you in your DAF little car thrilled me. I didn’t see you again until 1976 in Colorado. A happy family with Ron, Ragnar and Erika. Yes, you were always very optimistic and tried to see the best in all people and situations. That’s what I admire about you. Then we were on holiday together with Oma and Opa on the Baltic Sea. On the next visit to Berlin with Ron and your children, my beloved wife Ela was already there and you celebrated American Christmas with us in the middle of summer. Funny. And we were at the West Berlin Deutsch-Amerikanisches Volksfest. Then I visited you in Austria, where you were on vacation with Oma and Opa and all the aunts, uncles, cousins. A few years later you were at our house in Spandau on Christmas Eve, already with our children Renana and Frederic. Another time you visited old youth friends from line dancing in Schöneberg. On another visit to Berlin, we were able to take you to Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, which was impossible before the fall of the Berlin Wall. You liked that very much. Even later, you enriched the English lessons in Renana’s class. Unfortunately we didn’t manage to visit you in Rochester, but somehow we were always connected via the internet. So I was able to digitize Opa’s Super 8 films for you last year. I would have wished to have had more time with you. Rest in peace. Your nephew René with family