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Gregor Schauer Obituary
October 21, 1969 - July 14, 2018
Gregor Karl Schauer passed away unexpectedly on July 14, 2018. Gregor was born in Germiston, South Africa in 1969. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of Witwatersrand in Psychology (honors) in 1996 and subsequently emigrated to the United States (Los Angeles) after getting married to Janet Wojcicki in 1999. Gregor worked in finance at Google and completed an MBA at the University of California, Berkeley. He subsequently worked for a number of investment banks as a tech research analyst including JMP Securities, Lazard, Baird and Jeffreys. Gregor also worked as tech journalist writing articles for Business Insider and Ars Technica. He will be sorely missed by his children, Adam and Zoe Schauer, his brother and father, John and Karl Schauer, his extended Wojcicki family and all his friends in the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere.To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Memories and Condolences
for Gregor Schauer
Shengwen Rong
August 9, 2024
Gregor, so sorry that you have gone. You were sitting next to me when we worked in Finance at Google some 20 years ago. We discussed how to improve Google Finance website. The last time I saw you was when you were in SF, alone, sober, hopeful of the future. So sorry....
Norah Schwartz
January 8, 2019
Dear Janet, I am so sorry to be reading about Greg's death. I know that your family is very close and that you will never have to be alone. Please accept my deepest condolences. My heart is with you and your family.
Esther Wojcicki
November 12, 2018
Greggie,
Here I am in Connecticut and thinking about you and how much you would have loved to visit this state. It has a beautiful coast with so many colorful trees at this time of the year. I know how much you loved the coast line. There are some people here from South Africa and I told them about you. I miss you so much every day. You are with me even though you are not here.
Stanley Wojcicki
November 11, 2018
Greg, I am missing so much all our interactions. I really enjoyed all our discussions, whether about politics, technology, social issues or anything else. I shall really miss you
John and Gregor
John Schauer
November 8, 2018
John, Adam, Zoe and Gregor
John Schauer
November 8, 2018
Dawn, Gregor & Karl
John Schauer
November 8, 2018
John Schauer
November 8, 2018
Gregor, we are thinking and missing you so much every day in our lives we will never forget you.
We find it difficult to understand you are no longer with us we loved you so much.
Your chimes are a loving reminder of you and your deep sensitivity and compassion, which we miss very much!
Forever in our hearts and minds,
Karl (father), John (brother) Dawn (stepmother) & Sveta
Esther Wojcicki
November 6, 2018
Missing you Greggie. We all think about you everyday
Esther Wojcicki
November 5, 2018
Every morning when I wake up I hear the wind chime and think of you, Greggie. Our lives are not the same without you and will never be the same. We try hard to move forward but it isn't easy. I miss you everyday. I am thankful that you were our lives for the years that you were here.
Esther Wojcicki
November 5, 2018
From my speech at the synagogue at the Memorial Service for Gregor:
It is very tough for me to be up here talking about someone who was so alive just a week ago. It has been such a shock for all of us. I would like to thank all those who have sent their words of sympathy and support. There have been hundreds of you. Grief is a reminder of the depth of our love says psychologist Gordon Wheeler and that is why we are all grieving so much. We all loved Gregor so much and it was such an untimely passing. He was part of our family since 1999 almost 20 years and during that time we all have wonderful memories of great trips that we took together all around the world--from Hawaii to Fiji to Idaho to Europe. It was always exciting to be with Gregor. He was a great athlete and could swim really well (he was a super star in high school), could ski really well (you didn't want to go on the same slopes with him unless you were a black diamond skier) and could run really fast (you didn't want to race him because he would win). He was warm, funny, insightful, and loving. He loved talking about finance, politics, history and psychology, subjects I personally love so I always had lots to talk about with him. I loved being with him.
Gregor always had a smile, always was always happy to see me even when he was mad at me, and he always cared deeply about Janet and about his children Zoe and Adam from the moment they were born. Even though some of his family lived half way around the world, he kept in close touch. His brother John lived in Moscow and he called him all the time; his father lives in South Africa and he phoned him weekly. He always kept in touch and we all miss him so much already.
To make myself feel somewhat better, I read The Book of Joy by the Dali Lama and Desmonde Tutu and this is the advice they gave that I think is so helpful for me and for all of us.
The Dali Lama said, I often receive questions from those whose dear friend, family member or even child has passed away. They ask me What should I do? I share with them from my own experience, when my beloved teacher who was like a parent to me died and I was really grief stricken. While he was alive, I felt like I had a solid rock behind me that I could lean on. I really felt very very very sad and full of grief when he passed away.
The Dali Lama said: The way through sadness and grief is to use it as motivation and to generate a deeper sense of purpose. We have even more responsibility to fulfill his wishes, and so our sadness translates into more enthusiasm, more determination to fulfill their wishes. If he could see you, and see that you are determined and full of hope, he would be happy. Great sadness can help us live an even more meaningful life.
So in the Jewish religion we all have the goal of tikum olam, repair the world, What we can do in Gregor's honor is to be more determined to achieve our goals. There are many things we the world needs, especially today, and Gregor would be so happy to see us all succeed.
Gregor's greatest goal and love was his children Zoe and Adam. He wanted to help them be the best that they could be and achieve the goals they set for themselves in life-----we can all work to help support Zoe, Adam and Janet in achieving those goals. There is nothing that would make him happier.
I leave you with this thought: Much depends on how we respond to our experience of loss. Only we can control how we respond and I hope that we will all respond by living an even more meaningful life in Gregor's memory and honor and in being even more determined to achieve his goals and our goals.
Janet Wojcicki
November 5, 2018
We miss you every single day Greg. Nothing will ever be the same. Love and peace, Janet
It was a great bar mitzvah. We miss you Greg
Esther Wojcicki
November 5, 2018
Fond memories from years ago
Esther Wojcicki
November 5, 2018
Gregor, Adam and John
Esther Wojcicki
November 5, 2018
Gregor and John
Esther Wojcicki
November 5, 2018
At Adam's bar mitzvah
Esther Wojcicki
November 5, 2018
At Adam's bar mitzvah.....we miss you Gregor
Esther Wojcicki
November 5, 2018
Kevin Cimring
November 3, 2018
Gregor will be sorely missed. I had the privilege of having many interesting discussions with him over the years. He was also a great member of our Tortugas riding group. I've posted some photos of our Tortugas trip to Tahoe in 2012. On the bike, he was a fearless rider; off the bike he kept us all engaged with entertaining conversations. My deepest condolences to the whole family.
Tortugas, Tahoe trip 2012
Kevin Cimring
November 3, 2018
Tortugas, Tahoe trip 2012
Kevin Cimring
November 3, 2018
The Tortugas riding group in Tahoe, Sept 2012
Kevin Cimring
November 3, 2018
The Wojcicki/Schauer family at the Morton/Rudenberg wedding at Greens Restaurant on August 7, 2011.
Robin Rudenberg
October 26, 2018
October 25, 2018
Sincere condolences to the Schauer family. May fond memories of time spent together comfort you and the peace from God sustain you during this difficult time.
October 24, 2018
My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Nomathemba Nxumalo
October 24, 2018
my thoughts are with you Janet,Adam and Zoe. Greg lived his life....may his memory keep you smiling
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