Dear Family and Friends,
Thank you all for all the support you have shown in the last few weeks for our family. All the emails, card, and phone calls were much appreciated and have certainly helped us through this difficult time in our life.
Wendy was such a bright spirit and so full of life. She loved to waterski, snow ski, hike, and bike. She was always full of adventure. It is easy to imagine her pulled by Tickled Pink on an endless trip up the Sacramento river, probably with a few pit stops for a glass of wine :)
It is in this spirit that we announce the memorial for Wendy’s life. The event will be from 5PM-9PM on Saturday March 9th, 2019 at the Delta King in Old Sacramento.
Saturday March 9th 5PM - 9PM
1000 Front Street
Old Sacramento, CA 95814
Come celebrate with a night of dinner, dancing, and memorializing Wendy’s life. One of Wendy’s last requests was that her memorial not be a dull drab event. She wanted everyone there to eat, drink, and be merry.
The menu for the night will be a buffet, with tri tip, salmon, salads, fruit, and bread. There will be a bar available for drinks. Bring some cash as once we hit our cap it’ll become a cash bar. We will have a microphone set up for those of you who would like to speak and share your special moments about Wendy’s life.
If you have photos you would like to share, please upload them to this site.
Please RSVP to this event via this site or contact Christina directly at Christina.lima25@yahoo.com
Lots of love to you all,
Tim, Andrew, and Christina
Tributes
Leave a tributeWendy helped me in so many ways including transition through difficult times and balancing my hormones to keep me from going crazy...
I was once told she was the smartest woman around with woman's hormone health and she really was. She helped so many of us be as normal as we could possibly be reaching this more mature time in our lives and for that, I am forever grateful for all of her help, knowledge, and humor.
She shared with me how to laugh at the stupid things we have no control over and just embrace my uniqueness. She will always be in my heart and I'll always have those memories we made in our boat on the Sac River this past summer.
Soar High Wendy and Ski the glass in Paradise!
I'll always remember her and Uncle John's wedding. I was 13 and I had a good amount of champaign handed to me behind my parents backs. It was the first time I ever felt buzzed, but it was around a bunch of people I loved, including Wendy. That lady could dance.
During this past year Wendy shared with me how her relationships with her family had grown closer and deeper, and how much that meant to her. Her brothers Russ and Chris, her children Tim, Andrew, and Christina, and all grandchildren all were so special to her. She was so impressed with all her kids and how they were growing in life. And all her grand-kids brought her so much laughter and joy.
I'm so grateful for our last year memories of the "sisters" (Kate, Wen & I) water-skiing behind tickle pink and our last snow ski outing on Christmas Day 2018.
Wendy had the courage to be vulnerable and share her truth, she'd laughed often and enjoyed people and life, and she embraced growing, learning, and new adventures. I aspire to bring more of those qualities of Wendy into my life. Hugs forever Sis.
You will be missed, Nurse Wendy, Love Kathy
We gave Wen the nick name “Wild Wendy” during our time up in the Winter Park area and after seeing this wonderful collection of photos, I realize how appropriate the name fit her.
She truly was larger than life, and
will forever be in our hearts.
Cheers my friend.
Toni Roth Lenthe
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From my brother, Bill Schimandle
I was a friend of Wendy. I met her at Dr. Kosh's office, I think while I was trying to hold down my youngest son Justin for an injection. Randy, the office phlebotomist, had already broken off one needle in his butt, and Wendy as I recall came in to help. We struck up a conversation, which led to a discussion of her love of water-skiing, and we made a date for her to come up to Lake Clementine with my wife and kids to go skiing. We kept the date and it was a memorable weekend, full of fun and laughter. She talked about how she had broken up with her boyfriend and he left with his truck, and now she had a boat (Tickled Pink) but no vehicle to pull it. Well, I thought, this was just perfect, as my brother John had a tow vehicle but no boat, and was arguably a much better skier than I was. So eventually, I set up a blind date for Wendy and John to come out skiing, and they formed a bond which lasted many, many years.
We all shared those years, years of kids growing up, of camping and skiing, of holiday seasons and family vacations. I did not see her as much after the illness and divorce from John, but we kept in touch and saw each other as we passed through towns on our way to other places.
When I heard the news of her death, I was shocked at the suddenness of it. She had not shared her sickness since the original diagnosis, and I had just received a sweet Christmas card from her indicating she had met someone new and was looking forward to coming up to Reno and riding the ATV's out at my ranch. She gave no indication that she was unwell, so I was caught very much by surprise at the news. I spent the afternoon crying because I was shocked to the core. When you lose someone that has been so close, it is almost unreal that you will never hear them again, never hug them again, and never share anything with them again. And also, it is a reminder of our mortality; that each of us is on a journey that will end in eternity. I was selfish in my thoughts; in that I did not want her journey to end for my sake. But having had a bit of time to reflect, I am privileged to have known her, to have spent so much time with her, and to have laughed and loved life together with her. The world will be a bit grayer and dimmer without her in it, and I will forever miss her. I was a friend of Wendy.