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Vera Habrecht Simons

Austin, Texas

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Vera Habrecht Simons Vera was born in Germany on November 23, 1920 to Max and Maja Habrecht. She was raised in Detroit, Michigan and she lived in Austin, Texas for 22 years where she died on July 31, 2012. Vera possessed a uniquely creative and adventuresome spirit. By the 1950's and...

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Vera was my favorite client on my pool route, I was her weekly pool care technician till 2011. She and I had much in common, and I so admired her art! I graduated with a fine art degree from University of North Texas and when wed start talking she invited me into her studios and just wow! I thought what an amazing artist she was and she mentioned her father also being an artist. She even gave me a print of one of her works. I always tried to help her out as much as I could and even come by...

I was just thinking about Vera Simons while glancing over at one of her prints she gave me in 2011. I serviced her swimming pool in Austin,Tx for 6 years, and I am also a BFA artist -Printmaker, she was so kind to me, and invited me into her studio a few times to view her works, she loved her cats as well as I, and I enjoyed her sweet smile and down to earth artistic viewpoints. Her studio was an inspiration to me, and as her pool girl, she treted me with alot of respect and also respected me...

She was a great artist and we are proud to be the owners of one of her original paintings. It is a beautiful work of art. We would have loved to have met her in person. We light a candle for her, her family and her friends.