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Jeanne
Schenk
October 6, 1929 – April 28, 2022
Jeanne Schenk (nee Knott) October 6, 1929 - April 28, 2022
Jeanne Schenk formerly of Creve Coeur, MO passed away peacefully, at the age of 92.
Cherished mother of Kurt Schenk, Kathy Bennett and Steve Schenk;
loving grandmother of Linda Bennett, Jacquelin (Jay) Bennett-
Davison, Scott (Courtney) Schenk, Michael Schenk and Matthew
Schenk; and loving great-grandmother of Leo and Isabell Lu Lu; dear aunt, great-aunt, cousin and friend.
Jeanne was born in DeSoto, MO to Marguerite and Joseph Knott.
She was one of five children. She often spoke fondly of her childhood
and her passionate memories of her horses while growing up on the
family farm in rural Washington county. She graduated from Potosi
High School and soon after began her teaching career at the age of
seventeen. She received her teaching degree from Southeast
Missouri State University. After moving to Creve Coeur, she became
a first grade teacher in the Parkway School District and later in Pattonville, at Rose Acres Elementary.
Jeanne also enjoyed a career in real estate for many years with
Gundaker in Creve Coeur. She was always an avid reader and in her
later years Jeanne enjoyed genealogy. She had a lifelong love for animals and dearly loved her pets.
Most of all Jeanne was devoted to her family, and a kind and
compassionate soul with an incredible passion for life. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Services - A celebration of life will be held at:
Visitation Tues., May 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Ortmann Stipanovich Funeral Home, 12444 Olive Blvd., Creve Coeur. Service at 12:00 p.m.
Inurnment at Blackwell Masonic Cemetery.
In lieu of Flowers, donations to the Humane Society of Missouri
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