Wolfgang O. Schunter

March 16, 1937 – August 5, 2020

Wolfgang 0. Schunter peacefully passed

away August 5, 2020. He was born March 16,

1937 in Detroit, Michigan to Berta (Laipple)

Schunter and Otto Schunter. Due to illtiming,

he spent most of his childhood in Nazi

Germany during WWII.

Upon liberation of Europe by Allied

Forces, Wolf, being a young red-headed

American Citizen, soon became a favorite of

the U.S. Forces, running errands and hanging

out with them. Moving back to the U.S. after

the war. Wolf found English rough at first,

but eventually thrived, becoming Sports Editor of his school

paper, President of the Honor Society and a key member of

the track team at Detroit’s Cooley High, before earning his BS

Mechanical Engineering degree at his beloved University of

Michigan.

His professional career in Aerospace Engineering

spanned over fifty years from Pratt Whitney, Vought

Corporation, Sundstrand, Abex NWL, and Whittaker

Aerospace. Later, while in retirement, he had the opportunity

to work for Hamilton-Sundstrand, a UTC Company, at

Embraer in San Jose dos Campos, Brazil where he headed

a Hamilton-Sundstrand Partner Team to develop Electric

Power Generation and Distribution Systems for a larger

Embraer plane. This enabled Wolf and his wife, Joanne, to

make wonderful life-long friends and to travel and explore

not only Brazil, but also Peru, Patagonia and Argentina

He ended his career with Hamilton-Sundstrand (UTC) in

Everett, working with Boeing to complete and

qualify the air-management systems on the 787

Dreamliner.

Wolf never lost his curiosity for

adventures, traversing all continents (except

Antarctica), visiting over fifty countries, and

even touring the Karakoram Mountains in

the Hindu Kush in Northern Pakistan- twice.

Wolf was open-minded and open-hearted,

effortlessly making friends along the way. He

was always ready to lend a helping hand and

to support others in problem solving. His

interests in travel and his life lived globally, made Rotary an

intellectual fit for him later in life. Wolf was the father to all

the kids, as he was adventurous and cool while discreetly and

wisely advising and setting boundaries. Wolf loved his cars

and be loved to dance. He was a gear-head from his second

car, a 19S9 Corvette convertible, which he regretted ever

selling, and if there was music, he would find the dance floor.

Wolf loved everything about Detroit, especially his

wife Joanne of 56 years whom he met there. He is survived

by Joanne, his children Erich and Bettina, grandson Misha

Schunter-Zafar, sister Elaine B. Schunter, his beloved dog,

Milo and family in Germany.

The Schunter family would like to extend their gratitude

to all who participated in his healthcare and anyone wishing

to give a remembrance, may honor him through Cancer

or Alzheimer’s Foundations or a charity of choice. Per his

request,there will be no funeral.