В Кантоне с миром ушла из жизни 97-летняя учительница английского языка Ванда Реник

Canton- Wanda Jean R. Renick, 97, formerly of Farmer Street, Canton NY died peacefully on Sunday, August 9, 2026 at United Helpers Maplewood Campus in Canton. Calling hours will be held on Friday, August 21, 2026 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM at Lawrence Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 21 Park Street in Canton. Her memorial service will be celebrated on Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM in the First Presbyterian Church on the Park with a luncheon to follow in the fellowship hall. The service will be live streamed at www.churchonthepark.org Memorial contributions are suggested to First Presbyterian Church of Canton (Fritz & Wanda Renick Memorial Fund), 17 Park Street, Canton, NY 13617. Burial will take place privately in Rosehill Cemetery in St. Petersburgh, IL. Wanda Jean R. Renick, retired high school English teacher, was born November 18, 1928 in Springfield, Illinois, the daughter of Charles William and Christina (Meyer) Ritterbush. She graduated from Tallula (Illinois) Community High School in 1946. She earned her teaching degree from Western Illinois University in 1951 and later took graduate work in English, theater and counseling at the University of Illinois, Syracuse University and St. Lawrence University. She received a master’s degree in English education at SUNY Potsdam. As a student at Western Illinois University she was elected to Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities was a member of Kappa Delta Pi honorary education fraternity, Sigma Tau Delta honorary English fraternity, was president of the Canterbury Club, the English Club, and was a member and vice president of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. She was married to Theodore F. (Fritz) Renick on October 8, 1950. Mr. Renick died in 2003. Mrs. Renick began her teaching career in 1951 at Virden High School in Illinois, teaching English and speech and directing plays. She was later employed by Franklin Junior High School, Champaign, Illinois, as an English teacher and counselor at the time her husband began work on his doctoral degree at the University of Illinois. In 1962, she and her husband moved to Syracuse, where her husband was an assistant professor at Syracuse University. At that time she taught English at Fayetteville-Manlius High School. The Renicks moved to Canton in 1966 when her husband was named to the faculty of St. Lawrence University. She was employed as a counselor and teacher in Canton Central School, where she served as an advisor to the National Honor Society and the Thespian Troop. She also was a member of the team that developed the humanities curriculum and was on the teaching team. In 1974, Mrs. Renick was a founding member of the Canton community theater ̶ The Grass River Players ̶ serving for many years on the board as president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, director, producer, publicist. She was a member of the board of the Friends of the Canton Free Library, serving on the fund-raising committee in 2005-6. Her other interests included cruising the St. Lawrence, where she and her husband lived in their cottage on Slim Island and in following music with her husband, who was a member of the North Country Preservation Jazz Band. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Canton, serving as a deacon and an elder and the clerk of the session. Wanda is Survived by her very close friends and caregivers John and Georgia Vose, Rev. Mike Catanzaro and Linda Potter, and Nancy Fletcher. Tributes and photos may be shared by visiting www.lawrencefuneralhome.org