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Andrea Jacqueline " Nina " Schmettau

September 9, 1959 — September 15, 2019

It is with great sadness that the family of Andrea Jacqueline " Nina " Schmettau announces her passing on September 15 at 60 years of age. The daughter of the late Hans Schmettau, Nina will be lovingly remembered by her mother, Helga Schmettau and by her brother, Manuel Schmettau of Spartanburg, SC, and by her sister, Antonia (Toni) Schmettau and nephews Adrian Schmettau and Gabriel Nierman of Raleigh, NC. Nina will also be held in loving memory by her many dear friends, neighbors, pet-sitting clients, and furry friends.

Nina found so much joy in life. She enjoyed taking care of cats and dogs and birds and lizards and even once, a pet tarantula, as a pet-sitter, and pursuing her creative passions of poetry, photography, cooking, and gardening. Nina loved sharing laughter with family and friends, and, for the past two years, being caretaker to her mother.

The family would like to give a special thank you to Nina’s physicians at SRMC’s Gibbs Cancer Center and her SRMC Hospice nurses for their compassion, kindness, and gentle ways. Nina was so blessed to be under the care of these very special and consummate professionals. Her brother and sister, Manuel and Toni, will be ever grateful.

A ‘Celebration of Life’ for Nina will be held from 5 PM until 7 PM on Saturday, December 14, 2019 in the family home at 812 Rutledge Street, Spartanburg, South Carolina 29302-1458.

Poem by Nina Schmettau (circa 1971, elementary school):

To Heaven:

Every night when the sun has gone down. I take a walk all around town. And just one moon, that is so light, It makes all the land and waters bright. I sit at the rivers, the lakes, and the seas and then the glorious ocean breeze carries me far away, To heaven where they dance and sway.

Those who so desire may make memorial donations in memory of Nina to the Spartanburg Regional Medical Center Hospice program:

Spartanburg Regional Foundation, Post Office Box 2624, Spartanburg, SC 29304
(864) 560-6727.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Andrea Jacqueline " Nina " Schmettau, please visit our flower store.

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Saturday, December 14, 2019

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