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Joan Louise Schuette
Nov. 6, 1930 – Aug. 25, 2023
MADISON- Joan Louise (Bennett) Schuette, age 92, of Madison, passed away on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. She was born on Nov. 6, 1930, in Red Wing, Minn., the daughter of Harold Roland Bennett and Ella Mae (Johnson) Bennett.
Joan graduated from Red Wing High School in 1948. She attended Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. from 1948-1950. Joan received a Bachelor of Science-Education degree from the University of Minnesota in 1952. She also pursued graduate courses in social work from 1952-1954 at the University of Indiana. Joan married Donald Schuette on August 22, 1953, in Red Wing, Minn.
Joan served as a social worker in Indianapolis, Ind., St. Paul, Minn. and in Ann Arbor, Mich. between 1950-1958. Beginning in 1972, Joan was Program Advisor and Volunteer Services Coordinator for the Wisconsin Union, retiring in 1980.
Joan is survived by her two daughters, Claudia "Claire" Rohr, Dawn (Michael) Schuette-McKinnon; sister Joyce Swanson; three granddaughters, Margaret (Aaron) Boodle, Hilary Rohr, and Holly McKinnon; grandson, Ross Schuette; and nephew, Peter (Collette) Amato. She was preceded in death by daughter, Elizabeth "Betsy" Schuette; son, Wade Schuette; husband, Donald Schuette; parents, Ella Mae and Harold Bennett; niece Susan Amato; and nephew Tom Amato.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison, at 1:00pm on Sunday, October 15, 2023. Burial will be at Highland Memory Gardens.
Memorials may be made to the League of Women Voters of Dane County or the First Unitarian-Universalist Society of Madison.
A full obituary may be viewed and online condolences made at www.gundersonfh.com.
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Michael Schuler
September 10, 2023
I have known Joan for thirty-five years. She was on the staff of the First Unitarian Society when I began my tenure in 1988, and was responsible for managing our annual pledge campaign. She and her late husband, Don, were staunch supporters of the Society and my ministry. Joan had a good sense of humor and was easy to work with. I assisted the family when Betsy and Wade passed away, a difficult time for she and Don. Sincere condolences on the loss of this mother and grandmother.
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