LILLIAN RENTZ SCHMIDTKE

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LILLIAN RENTZ SCHMIDTKE 1915 - 2004 Peacefully on January 28, 2004, Lillian Rentz Schmidtke passed away at the age of 88 at Bethesda Place, Steinbach, MB. She will be lovingly remembered by her sons, Cameron (Marie) Rentz of Edmonton, AB, and their children, Eleine (Rick) Cormier, Allan Rentz (Cheryl), Darryl (Bonnie) Rentz, Patrick Rentz; son Bob (Margaret) Rentz and their children, Sandra Rentz, Brenda (Denis) Normandeau, Sharon (Marc) Fontaine; son-in-law Stan Pestrak with sons, Troy (Sandy), Trent (Dodi) nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; stepfamily Darlene Schmidtke Turner and Chris Turner and their children, Charlene (Don) Freund, Dorinda (Mike) Penner; Irene Schmidtke and her children, Lisa (Dennis) Friesen, Kara Schmidtke and fiancee Keith Janzen; Cliff (Bev) Schmidtke and their children, Lee Schmidtke, Tiffany Schmidtke and friend Keith Broesky; five great-grandchildren. She is also survived by one sister Judy (Archie) Trapp of Selkirk. Predeceased by first husband Louis Rentz January 23, 1970; second husband August Schmidtke November 25, 1980; daughter Ruby Pestrak October 5, 1997; parents Fredrick and Caroline Freund; four brothers and four sisters; stepsons, Gerry Schmidtke and Alan Schmidtke. The family would like to thank the staff and doctors of Bethesda Place and Pastor Maier for their years of care. Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 2 at the St Paul Lutheran Church, Steinbach, at 10:30 a.m. Interment to follow at St Paul Lutheran Cemetery (Andres), officiating Pastor Al Maier. Viewing will be held Sunday, February 1 at Loewen Funeral Chapel from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. with devotional to follow. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Bethesda Place and the St. Paul Lutheran Church memorial fund. LOEWEN Funeral Chapel 5 Chrysler Gate - Steinbach - 326-1351

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Feb 01, 2004