Renee C. Nieman Obituary (1959

Renee Cynthia Nieman, age 62, of Wisconsin Rapids passed away on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at home surrounded by her loving family after a brief courageous battle with cancer. Visitation will be held at Herman-Taylor Funeral Home on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., and at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Thursday, March 3, 2022 from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. The service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday at St. Paul's. Renee was born on July 5, 1959 in Wisconsin Rapids to Laverne and Dorothy (Bautz) Ubinger. She graduated from Lincoln High School in Wisconsin Rapids in 1977. She would marry the love of her life Lance Nieman at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wisconsin Rapids on March 11, 1978. They would have been celebrating 44 years of marriage this March. Renee was a stay at home mom for many years to their 2 daughters. When the girls got older she decided to work with other children at Sunshine Preschool and Daycare Center. She later went on to work at Wal-Mart for 20 plus years. She eventually went to work at Kwik Trip in 2013 where she continued to work up until her passing. Over her years of working she made many friendships with co-workers and customers alike. She enjoyed her time with all these people and would tell stories constantly, she cherished all these relationships and looked forward to going to work every day. Over the last few months she would talk about how much she missed everyone. Everybody knew her for her smile, her hard work, and her occasional joking, singing, and dancing around. She like to mess around with her co-workers and customers, and everybody always knew to stop and listen, because if she was there you would hear her giving somebody a hard time. Renee enjoyed doing anything that involved her family. She loved to sew and she sewed many dresses for her girls and other friends and family, she made beautiful quilts over the years as well. She enjoyed camping with her family. While the girls were growing up they would go camping here and there with family and friends. Later on they would spend almost all of their time at their land in Rome by Lake Camelot. It is there many memories were made around the fire and in the pontoon on the lake. She would spend endless hours with family riding around or simply parking in the middle and watch the family swim and float around. She would also love to go fishing like she did with her dad and keep the tradition going of giving a quarter to whomever caught the first fish. Renee adored her grandchildren and would do anything for them. Anything Renee did she was always thinking of others. She loved to cook and bake and would always make sure everything was picture perfect. Renee was always the person people would go to for anything, she was always everybody's rock. Renee is survived by her husband Lance, her 2 daughters Tara (Ray) Poteat, and Trica Nieman, and her 5 grandchildren Mason Nieman, JaVae Poteat, Leaira Poteat, Xavier Cipriano, and Kais Poteat. She is further survived by her mother Dorothy Ubinger, sister Marla (Mark) Maxwell, brother Lonne (Amy) Ubinger, sister-in-law Lorna Ubinger, brother-in-law's Doug Nieman, Bill (Connie) Nieman and many nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles, cousins and special family friends. She was preceded in death by her father LaVerne Ubinger, and brother Greg Ubinger, in-laws Herb & Hazel Nieman, and many aunts and uncles. The family would like to thank the staff at the UW Cancer Center for their care and kindness. They would also like to thank all of the family and friends for all the care and support they have given over the last few months, it's not unnoticed and is greatly appreciated.