Ronald Schuette

October 2, 1937 – July 14, 2024

Rev. Ronald H. Schuette was born in Washington, MO, and attended grade school at Immanuel Lutheran School.  He was influenced by his Pastor and his father to consider the ministry as a career and therefore spent his high school and junior college days in Concordia, MO, at St. Paul Lutheran School, a boarding school for young men in those days.  He graduated from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis in 1963.

His first call was to Martin Luther Chapel in Pennsauken, NJ, as an associate pastor and this is where he met and married his wife, Sandra Meddaugh Schuette.  They were married in October of 1965 and two years later he was called to an inner-city church in Brooklyn, New York, Our Savior Lutheran Church.  All 3 of his children, David, Christin, and Esther were born during the 8 years that he served in Brooklyn.  The rest of his pre-retirement years were spent in Miami, FL, at St. Paul Lutheran Church where he fulfilled his dream of starting a Lutheran School.

Rev. Schuette retired in the fall of 2002 and moved to Eureka, MO, to be closer to his roots and his father, Waldemar Albert Schuette, who was still living at the time.  He served from 2003 until 2016 as visitation pastor for St. John’s Lutheran Church (later renamed Pathfinder) in Ellisville, MO.

He is survived by his loving wife Sandra Schuette; three children, David (Jen Kilps) Schuette of Minneapolis, MN, Christin (Matt) Hager of Batavia, IL, and Esther (Neal) Armstrong of Oak Park, IL; five grandchildren; Sarah, Isaac, Caroline, Rachel, and Peter; a brother Chuck (Chris) Schuette, three sisters Sylvia (Rev. Alvin) Lange, Jane (Jon) Dimitri, and Cindy (Scott) Wilkerson; and many nieces and nephews.

Rev. Schuette enjoyed travel, playing guitar, art and calligraphy, golf, tennis, but mostly serving his Lord Jesus and helping people as God put them in his path.  Dementia took away the events of his whole live, but not his memory of people. What a blessing that he was able to remember dear friends, family and loved ones until the very end of his life.

His Memorial Service is at St Mark’s Lutheran Church
500 Meramec Blvd., Eureka, MO 63025
August 3, 2024, at 11:00 AM

For those who wish to send a memorial gift in memory of Rev. Schuette, please make your donation payable to:

Concordia Seminary

For: “The Schuette Endowed Chair”
(a legacy of Ron’s parents)

Mail to:

Concordia Seminary
Attention: Randy Fauser
801 Seminary Place
St. Louis, MO  63105