Santiago and the nation has lost a great lady. Former First Lady, Renee Klang de Guzman, passed away yesterday, Wednesday 17 September 2014, at the age of 98, after suffering an embolism in her right leg that led to a kidney complication. Her death came at 5:05pm at the Metropolitan Hospital (HOMS) in Santiago, according to Dr. Manuel Lora Perello, her doctor for many years. Dona Renee, as she was known, was the widow of former President Silvestre Antonio Guzman (1978-1982).
She was the country’s First Lady from 1978-1982, after the role remained unfilled throughout the 30-year long government of former President Joaquin Balaguer who never married.
She was regarded as an example for many who sought strength in her quiet demeanor and iron-willed defense of poor people and children. She was the founder of the institution known as CONANI (the National Council for Children) that continues to oversee everything from adoptions to children’s homes to this day.
Dona Renee survived the tragic death of her husband, former President Antonio Guzman, shortly before the end of his term of office on 3 July 1982. She also suffered the tragedy of the death of their 26-year old son Ivan Guzman in an automobile accident in 1970. She is survived by her daughter Sonia Guzman.
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