It is with great sadness to announce the passing of our Mother and Nonnie, Janet Estelle Scott Schrage at the age of 96 who died peacefully on September 3, 2020. She will be laid to rest on September 10, 2020. She lived most of her life in California and Texas. She always considered Texas her home and resided in Austin for the last 30 years.
She was born on April 29, 1924, in Long Beach, California, to Albert Ernest Scott and Velma Pearl Posey Scott.
Janet loved her family and was committed to them all her life. A lover of art, her favorite hobby was painting.
Janet is survived by her daughter, Sharon Schrage Williams, and son-in-law, Jerry Williams. She has six grandchildren: Laura Smith Murray and husband Terry Murray, Michael Smith, Christi Williams Ritner and husband Brian Ritner, Sean Waddell and wife Beverly Waddell, Tina Williams Koppenjan and husband Gary Koppenjan, and Kelly Williams Howell. She had eight great-grandchildren: Christopher Crocker Jr., Brandon Smith, Victoria Waddell, Nicholas Biggie, Cole Lutzenberger, Eric Waddell, Parker Koppenjan and Keely Howell. She also had a special little trio of great-great-grandchildren: Carson Edmund Crocker, Matthew Gared Downing Jr. and Caylee Alexis Crocker.
She had many special people that were in her life and will forever miss her as their Nonnie: Samantha, Ashlie, Anthony, Hannah, Gracie Lynn, Kimberly, Ross, Maddie, Abby and many more extended family and family friends.
She is preceded in death by the love of her life, her husband of 51 years, Edmund Frank Schrage, who died in January of 1997; her son, Gary Wayne Schrage, who died as an infant; her daughter, Joan Lee Schrage, who died in 2017; her beloved mother, Velma Posey Scott; her father, Albert Ernest Scott; and her sister, Jacqueline Scott Neese.
Nonnie will be forever missed by her family.
