RENATE EIGENBROD

Condolences & Memories (6 entries)

• Renate always encouraged me to believe in myself even when I wanted to quit. I just found out she died. I can not believe she died so young. She was such a lifeforce!! My heartfelt condolences to her children. - Posted by: Jo Anna Beyak (friend) on: Nov 03, 2014

• Renate was a very important person in my life from the time we formed and deepened our friendship in Edmonton through the separations when she and her husband moved back to Germany, then back to Edmonton, then to Thunder Bay and her final settlement in Winnipeg. She taught me about German literature, we discussed other literature and film; we shared walks in the North Saskatchewan River valley and in parklands and forests around Bochum, Kiel and in the Harz Mountains in Germany. My husband's and my association with Dieter was almost as close as with Renate and had they stayed in Edmonton longer, their children would've been perhaps as much a part of our family as they were. We lost contact over their years in Thunder Bay and Renate's in Winnipeg but the bond remained as early and well established bonds do. I am very saddened by her death; I can see her in her lovely house in Winnipeg that was such a perfect expression of her quiet attentiveness to gracious Gastfreundschaft. Her gentle and strong conscience will be one of her legacies. My condolences to Felix and his family and to Judith. - Posted by: Judith Mirus (Family friend) on: Oct 19, 2014

• I just found out today - Sept 12/14 from my U of M emails I get that Renate passed on. I first had her for a teacher in my first year of university in the "Native Peoples of Canada" course and two more after that but I didn't complete those other two. I like how she told us that she really loved teaching Native Studies courses and that she loved/admired the Indigenous cultures very much. She also mentioned that in her birth country of Germany, Indigenous cultures are very much admired over there by many of the German folks. Goodbye and rest in peace Renate. - Posted by: McCarl (Former student) on: Sep 12, 2014

• Condolences to Dr. Eigenbrod's family. It was a real pleasure and privilege to meet her in 2000-01, when she edited an anthology of writings from a Roundtable on Aboriginal literature at U of A; I was delighted to be one of the writers included. Even more delighted to see her again this spring, at Tapwe Indigenous Writers Gathering. 13 years later, and she remembered me; and was as warm, cheerful and engaging as ever. Such a shock to hear of her passing. May she rest in peace, having left a legacy of good work and fond remembrances. - Posted by: Anna Marie Sewell (colleague) on: May 28, 2014

• Our sincere condolences. Renate was a lovely person - kind, thoughtful and always interesting and engaging to talk with. We spent a lovely Thanksgiving together with mutual friends in Thunder Bay a few years ago, talking about the pleasures of family and friendship, evening walks with our dogs, and of course, favourite books and writers. She will be missed by one and all. - Posted by: Pamela Wakewich and Stuart Holtby (Colleagues and friends from Thunder Bay) on: May 22, 2014

• We are very saddened to hear of your mother's passing. Our deepest sympathy to Judith, Felix and family. - Posted by: Stephen and Darlene Hecnar (Friends of Felix) on: May 17, 2014