It is with profound sadness I announce the passing of my extraordinary mother, Regula "Regi" Lorenz on January 3rd, 2021. It was on this day that she was once again reunited with her beloved husband Chris Lorenz, her brother Hans Peter Köstli, her mother and father.

Her passing from a pulmonary embolism at 80 years old in Wellington FL was shocking and unexpected. I am comforted by the many people in her life that loved and adored her and the many wonderful memories they have been sharing with me.

She was born in St. Gallen Switzerland on August 15th, 1940 and was the oldest of three. She attended college in St. Gallen where she would meet her future husband Christoph "Chris" Lorenz. While attending Stanford University, where he obtained a PhD in Geology, my father fell in love with America, and asked my mom to join him in Palo Alto. They eloped to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1964. In 1966, I was born in Tucson, Arizona. Our little family would leave the states in 1967 where my Dad's career would take us to Istanbul Turkey and Zurich Switzerland. We permanently moved back to the US specifically to Middleburg Va. in 1974. It is in Middleburg that my Mom truly felt at home and cultivated her dressage career amongst the community of equestrian enthusiasts there.

Mom was a true horsewoman with a deep passion for all animals in particular horses, and her beloved German Shepards, both of which she had many over the years. She was introduced to all things equestrian as a little girl in Switzerland by Her father Hans, also an avid rider and horse lover. No matter where in the world life would take her, riding was always at the forefront. She even fell in love with a 17 hand chestnut thoroughbred named "Kanatle" (Kani) while living in Istanbul. Kani would travel with us to Middleburg and retire on the farm, Chestnut Hollow Stables which was befittingly named after him.

Regi would go on to become an accomplished dressage rider with her "all time favorite" horse Marcello, a beautiful Hanovarian with whom she would win Prix St. George and Intermediaire at Devon in the late 90's. Her dream was to make it to Grand Prix with Marcello, but ultimately he was diagnosed with a career ending navicular disease. Marcello would remain active as a teacher's aid to Mom and her many students. As much as she enjoyed competing, she loved teaching even more and worked with many students who would go on to have their own accomplished careers in the equestrian world, including at Grand Prix level.

Mom was so many things, she was honest, tough yet vulnerable, generous, fiercely independent, funny and compassionate....just to name a few. She was Swiss to the core but always considered Middleburg Va her home until 2014 when she would move to Wellington FL, where she had competed for many years in the winter show season.

In Wellington, she loved attending horse shows, occasionally teaching and taking care of her fur babies, Jett & Diamond. She was proud of her career and was still riding up until her last days. She was always delighted when friends and former students would see her and say hello at shows, in restaurants, shops....and this happened all the time!

I hope you will remember her as fondly as I will. If she had one message to share, she would tell you to "love and be kind to your animals" in her cute little Swiss accent.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 29 years, Christoph Lorenz. He was her one and only true love. Her brother Hans Peter Köstli and her father and mother, Hans & Margaret Köstli.

She is survived by me (her only daughter), Michele Lorenz (Austin, Texas), her sister Susanne Von Albertini (Zurich, Switzerland), nephews Dominique Von Albertini and Philippe Von Albertini (Zurich, Switzerland), nieces Nadja Ambühl (St. Gallen, Switzerland) and Miriam Holle (Zürich, Switzerland).

I will love and miss her for the rest of my days. A memorial will be announced once a date has been determined. In lieu of flowers, please donate in the memory of Regula Lorenz to the Humane Society, ASPCA or The United Breast Cancer Foundation.