Obituary of Renee Maria Winters

Jewish graveside services celebrating the life of Renee Winters will be held Monday, October 2, 2017 at Hill Crest Memorial Cemetery with Cantor Neil Schwartz officiating. She was the oldest daughter of Maurice Perel and Margaret Roodveldt. She was born in Amsterdam, Holland on October 26, 1939. She met Raymond Winters in Amsterdam at a café while he served in the U.S. Army. Their first date was on the beach and every vacation thereafter was at the beach. They loved the ocean. They dated one year and married on May 6, 1960. Raymond left the army in 1960 and retired to the states with Renee. It was here that they started their marriage. Their daughters were born shortly after coming home. Renee gave birth to daughters Margaret and Thea. Renee found her calling and career in nursing late in life. She served at Overton Brooks Medical Center in the later part of her career and retired from the V.A. Clinic in Longview, Texas. She was loved by her patients. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Raymond Philip Winters as well as her youngest daughter, Thea Winters; multiple grandchildren and great grandchildren. She is also survived by her youngest sister Jetty Gosselaar as well as multiple nieces and nephews. What makes Renee so special is that she was a holocost survivor and her mother fought for the Holland resistance against Nazi Germany. She asked that in lieu of flowers that all contributions be made in her name to her favorite charity, Dixie Animal Rescue, Marion County Humane Society, P.O. Box 505, Jefferson, TX 75657 or the Shriners Hospital in Shreveport.