Renee Lynn Underhill

Renee Lynn Underhill (Bianco), 58, passed away Saturday, August 16, 2014 in Moses Lake, WA. She was born in Grand Junction, CO on August 14, 1956 to Nyla and Russell Bianco. Renee attended primary and secondary school in Glenwood Springs, CO and graduated from Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, AZ. In 1981 she moved to Anchorage where she came to love the Alaskan life. She taught her children and her friends' children to ski and swim, and took them camping every summer. She cared for her elderly friends, and adopted abandoned animals. Renee took pride in putting herself through school and earned her Bachelor of Finance degree from the University of Alaska in 1992. She worked in Mortgage Lending and Title for many years before becoming self-employed as a successful Real Estate Agent. She was married to John Underhill on February 14, 2004. Soon after, the two moved to Moses Lake, WA where Renee loved to garden, learned to can, and enjoyed the wonderful hot summers. Her retirement years were spent traveling the United States in an R.V. with her husband John and their two dachshunds, Rocky and Rosee. In 2004 she won the longest drive in the annual Eagles Club golf tournament. She loved golfing, traveling, and doting on her grandchildren Natalie and Charlotte. Her life was too short but she lives on in those that love her. Renee is preceded in death by her father, Russell E. Bianco. She is survived by her children, Jenelle Ottmar and Russell Anderson, her mother, Nyla Bianco, brothers Fredrick Thompson and Frank Bianco, sister Lori Bianco, and her loving husband John. Her wonderful spirit, kindness, and talents were celebrated in a memorial at the home of her daughter in Moses Lake. Her family would like to thank Samaritan Hospital and Assured Hospice for their kindness and care of a beloved lady.