Regina 'Omi' Schuller

TUPPER LAKE- Regina "Omi" Schuller, 91, of Tupper Lake, passed away at Mercy Living Center on Saturday, November 28, 2015 where she had resided for the past 3 years.

Born February 22, 1924 in Pelisor, Romania, she was the daughter of Michael and Anna (Kemp) Gross. Regina grew up in Romania, at an early age forced into a concentration camp in Siberia working in the coal mines. She was released after four years due to injury.

In 1949 she married Fred Schuller. They immigrated to Peekskill, NY in 1968. Regina worked as a nurses aide at Bethel Nursing home in Ossining for 9 years. Fred died in 1969. In 1988, she relocated to Tupper Lake.

She is survived by one son Fred Jr. and his wife Renate of Tupper Lake, one daughter Johanna Castro of Orlando, Florida, seven grandchildren; Fred III and his fiancé Whitney Rice, Heidi, Herbert and his wife Marilyn, Doris, Joseph and his wife Lizzie, Monica and her husband Mark O'Brien and Lillian and her fiancé Kenny. Also surviving are eleven great-grandchildren, one brother Andreas Gross and his family of Cleveland, OH. She was pre-deceased by her husband, one son Reinhold, one brother Donny, three sisters; Tillie, Johanna and Anna.

There will be no calling hours, a memorial service will be announced at a later date. Burial will be in Hillside cemetery, Peekskill, NY. Those wishing to make memorial contributions are asked to consider the Tupper Lake Christian Center in care of the Stuart-Fortune-Keough funeral home.

Online condolences may be made at www.stuartfortunekeoughfuneralhome.com.