rene yucht - News - The Coastal Star2024-03-28T11:22:52Zhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/rene+yuchtObituary: Rene Yuchthttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/obituary-rene-yucht2010-11-03T20:05:49.000Z2010-11-03T20:05:49.000ZScott Simmonshttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/ScottSimmons<div>By Ron Hayes<br /><br />HIGHLAND BEACH — During her 12 years in Highland Beach, Rene Yucht enjoyed a retirement filled with music, bridge, canasta, mah-jongg, golf, tennis — and giving.<br />A member of the town’s Welcome Committee, she was appointed to its Cultural Board.<br />Mrs. Yacht died Sept. 27. She was 76 and lived in the Dalton Place condominium.<br />Beyond the town, she also volunteered at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, the Judaica Sound Archives at Florida Atlantic University and the Friends of Life Center at the University of Miami.<br />“I knew Rene for eight years,” said Highland Beach Mayor Jim Newill, “not only as a resident, but as a good friend. She was a very vibrant person who always brought out the good in everyone.”<br />Until her retirement, Mrs. Yucht was employed for 26 years as a law librarian in the state Superior Court of Delaware.<br />Born May 10, 1934, in Camden, N.J., she was named Harriet by her parents, but never liked the name and called herself Rene, a name she took legally at the age of 40.<br />Mrs. Yucht was a graduate of P.S. duPont High School in Wilmington, Del., and attended the University of Delaware until Nov. 8, 1953, when she married Joe Yucht.<br /> In addition to her husband, she is survived by her three children, Debbi, of Buffalo, N.Y.; Judy, of Lancaster, Va.; and Larry, of Deerfield Beach; and two grandchildren, Elana Lesse and Michael Yucht.<br />A memorial service was held Oct. 3 at Gutterman Warheit Memorial Chapel in Boca Raton. Donations in her memory may be made to Beth Ami Congregation of Palm Beach County Synagogue, 1401 N.W. Fourth Ave., Boca Raton, 33432.</div>