Renée-Janssen-Obituary

Renée S. Janssen

Fairfield, Connecticut

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Renée S. Janssen Renée S. Janssen died on Oct. 30, in the home in Fairfield, CT, that she shared with her husband of 33 years, Peter A. Janssen, after a courageous and determined 19-year battle with metastatic breast cancer. She was 77 years old. The daughter of Nancy Donaldson Starring and Mason...

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Renee was a beautiful person inside and out! I enjoyed working with her in real estate. Mary

As her younger brother and only sibling, I loved her for my entire life. This is one of my favorite photos of us with our Mom at Granny Donaldson´s pool a long time ago! So many memories of my 74.5 years of loving her: but when I kissed her goodbye and told her I loved her, her eyes opened, she smiled and mouthed she loved me too. I left in tears; just writing this makes me tear up all over again! Such is the price for dearly loving her but one I´d gladly pay all over again. And I have...

I met Renee at Oldfields in 1962. We were roommates and became great friends. Nov 1963, we left Oldfields together and looked at other schools. Renee chose Dobbs, and I went to Stoneleigh because of riding and my horse. Renee was NOT into horses!! Time moved on and I was her maid of honor when she married Jake. In 1970 she left Japan to be my Matron of Honor (1st wedding) A fun side note--Malcom was the organist. He was so young and fantastic!! Divorce is never easy for anyone, and...

I have the most wonderful memories (52 years) of times spent with Ren. How happy she was in her garden, and how much she loved Peter, John and Brian. Her valiant struggle with breast cancer. Ren I send to your family respect and love, Pawnee

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