Renee Dea Weber

Family, friends—and a great many animals—are mourning the passing of Renee Dea Weber (Rischar). She came into the world 18 January 1965 at Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, CA, and left it on 5 October 2024 at Antelope Valley Hospital due to complications from congestive heart failure. She left the world in the same place she entered it, and she left the world a better place than she found it.

 She leaves behind a loving family, including a husband, two children, a daughter-in-law, two grandchildren, four brothers and sisters-in-law, two stepbrothers and a stepsister, three brothers-in-law, a mother and father-in-law, nieces, nephews, a grand aunt, many cousins, grandnieces and grandnephews, and a host of beloved friends she regarded as family. She was preceded in death by her two parents and two stepparents, an older sister, a granddaughter, and a range of cherished pets, most notably dogs Harley and Noodle, and cats 8-Ball, Homey, and KB. 

 Renee loved to travel. In addition to living in California, Hawaii, New York City, and Australia, she traveled extensively around the US, as well as to Japan, France, Spain, Italy, Monaco, Canada, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, and Columbia.

 In addition to building a family business with her husband, Craig, she worked as a docent at the Exotic Feline Conservation Center in Rosamond, CA, caring for endangered cats: tigers, leopards, jaguars, jaguarundis, Pallas’s cats, margays, ocelots, caracals, fishing cats, servals, lynx, and many others. Passionate about animals and animal welfare, she was also engaged in animal rescue.

 A warm, joyful person who loved music, conversation, family, and friends, Renee was always up for an adventure of one sort or another. Her most distinctive quality was her sense of humor, which was supported her beautiful smile, and a quick and contagious laugh. Renee loved to laugh. A giving person by nature, as an organ donor, Renee continued to give beyond her passing. 

 Instead of cards or flowers, please consider donating time or money to animal causes, adopting a shelter animal, or providing a little support to someone who has. She’d love that.

 A celebration of life will be held at a date to be determined.