Jeanie Marie Shuck

Jeanie Marie (Ritchart) Shuck

Scottsdale, AZ - Jeanie Marie (Ritchart) Shuck died on April 16, 2020, in Scottsdale, Arizona. She is survived by her three children and her five grandchildren.

Jeanie was born on August 18, 1935, in Lovington, Iowa. She was delivered by the local doctor in the home of her immigrant grandparents. She grew up in the Johnston area, and graduated from Des Moines Roosevelt High School in 1953.

Upon graduation, she attended the University of Iowa where she met the love of her life, Terry A. Shuck. They were married on August 13, 1954. Jeanie paused her education in order to start and raise her family. She completed her degree, achieving a BA from Drake University.

Jeanie and Terry lived the majority of their adult lives in Des Moines, Iowa, spending the summers at their cabin on Ten Mile Lake in Minnesota. Following Terry's death in 1999, she moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, but continued until the age of 82 to spend the summers on Ten Mile Lake. She was an avid reader, loved the Hawkeyes and was the original "yoga mom." She lived independently all of her life and until the hour of her death. Just hours before her death, she took a long walk on the golf course that bordered her apartment.

She is survived by her children: Dr. Diane Shuck and her husband, Michael LaFauci, of Scottsdale, Arizona; Daniel B. Shuck and his wife, Kim Shuck, of Dakota Dunes, South Dakota; and Dr. Kathleen Johnson and her husband, Dr. William Johnson of Placita, New Mexico.

She is also survived by her grandchildren, Andrew Shuck and his wife, Sara Pirahanchi, of Richmond, California; Margaret (Maggie) Shuck, of Omaha, Nebraska; Sarah Shuck, of Omaha, Nebraska; Samuel Shuck, of Omaha, Nebraska and Ian Johnson, of Placita, New Mexico.

She will be interned at Glendale Cemetery, in Des Moines, Iowa. We will all celebrate her life in our own manner. "Death leaves a heartache no one can heal; love leaves a memory no one can steal."