Karin Playter Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Karin Playter (Grand Rapids, Michigan), who passed away at the age of 91, on October 16, 2025. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
As we bid Karin farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Karin is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Paul VonSchildt and Cecillia VonSchildt; and her husband Lyle Playter. She is survived by: her children, Steve Playter (Linda) and Christina Niedzwiecki (Dan); her brother Bernd VonSchidt; and her grandchildren, Brooke Bowers, Lisa Peterson (Craig) and Vicki Kloosterman (Brian). She is also survived by 8 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Holy Spirit Catholic Church.
