- Date Of Birth: June 12, 1940
- Date Of Death: September 11, 2022
- State: Indiana
Renate Rosemarie Ridge, 82, of Sheridan passed away on September 11, 2022, in Westfield after an extended illness. She was born on June 12, 1940, in Berlin, Germany. She was the daughter of the late Herbert and Kate (Path) Weisschnur. She married Francis W. (Skeet) Ridge on November 24, 1961, in Berlin, Germany, and then she came to America in September of 1963. After high school she went on to business college. She worked as a secretary in Berlin’s largest insurance company. In America, she worked at American State Bank / Summit Bank from 1969 – 1991, Union State Bank / Merchants Bank from 1991 – 1994 in the bookkeeping department. She worked for Millie’s at the USA Group for 1-year 1998, she also worked for the First Famers Bank and Trust at the Sheridan Branch from 1999 – 2004 as a bank teller
Renate went on and earned her United States Citizenship. Renate enjoyed going to auctions, reading, collecting, and selling antiques and collectables. At one point, she had a shop on Main Street in Sheridan called Décor Galore. She and her husband Skeet liked traveling with the Berlin Veteran’s Military Association, which met every year.
Renate will be missed by her devoted daughter Yvonne (Ridge) Pickett of Sheridan, she was a loving grandma to Steven M.
