{"id":3137337,"date":"2026-05-01T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/peter-benjamin-pete-schenck\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:08:34","slug":"peter-benjamin-pete-schenck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/peter-benjamin-pete-schenck\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Benjamin \u201cPete\u201d Schenck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Schenck<\/strong>\u2014<em>Peter Benjamin \u201cPete\u201d Schenck<\/em>, 87, el 30 de abril de 2025, por complicaciones derivadas de la demencia, en Nueva Orleans, Luisiana. Pete naci\u00f3 el 30 de marzo de 1938, de Mary Virginia Slicer Schenck y John Ernest Schenck, en Filadelfia, Pensilvania. Creci\u00f3 principalmente en el condado de Cecil, Maryland, y asisti\u00f3 al St. John\u2019s College en Annapolis, Maryland, donde obtuvo su licenciatura y conoci\u00f3 a su esposa, Patience \u201cPat\u201d Schenck (m\u00e1s tarde se separaron). Pete pas\u00f3 a obtener un m\u00e1ster en psicolog\u00eda cl\u00ednica en la Catholic University of America, en Washington, D. C.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pete y Pat fueron miembros fundadores de la Junta de Annapolis. Tambi\u00e9n ejerci\u00f3 como cuidador en la Junta de Adelphi durante varios a\u00f1os y fue miembro de la Junta de Los Amigos de Washington (D. C.). En 2014, se traslad\u00f3 a Nueva Orleans para estar cerca de su hijo, Ben, y su familia, y se implic\u00f3 activamente en la Junta de Los Amigos de Nueva Orleans.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pete sent\u00eda una profunda preocupaci\u00f3n y respeto por las personas neurodivergentes y sin hogar, y su vida profesional reflej\u00f3 estos compromisos. Trabaj\u00f3 en varios hospitales psiqui\u00e1tricos de Maryland, programas de d\u00eda y hogares de grupo. En uno de sus logros m\u00e1s gratificantes, impuls\u00f3 la creaci\u00f3n de un invernadero en el Henryton State Hospital, donde los pacientes pod\u00edan participar en su comunidad y experimentar el \u00e9xito cultivando y cuidando plantas.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En lo que Pete consideraba la etapa m\u00e1s significativa y satisfactoria de su vida laboral, termin\u00f3 su carrera realizando trabajo de proximidad con la poblaci\u00f3n sin hogar en Washington, D. C. Trabajando con diversas organizaciones locales, recorr\u00eda las calles llevando comida, mantas y calcetines de abrigo; y ayudaba a las personas a acceder a servicios m\u00e9dicos y sociales y a viviendas asequibles. Su aceptaci\u00f3n y humildad entre personas con necesidades amplias y complejas les permiti\u00f3 confiar en \u00e9l. Disfrutaba de verdad de su compa\u00f1\u00eda y de escuchar sus historias, y ten\u00eda la capacidad de reconocer la dignidad de personas que a veces eran muy diferentes a \u00e9l, lo que sigue inspirando a muchos de quienes lo conocieron.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De Pete irradiaba un gran entusiasmo por much\u00edsimas cosas. Durante varios a\u00f1os, no se perdi\u00f3 ni un baile de contra en Glen Echo Park, ni un canto g\u00f3spel. Su inter\u00e9s y alegr\u00eda por todo lo folcl\u00f3rico, el origen de las palabras, as\u00ed como la filosof\u00eda pol\u00edtica, entre otras cosas, eran contagiosos. Su curiosidad sin l\u00edmites fue, sin duda, uno de los rasgos m\u00e1s memorables de su personalidad.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fue un padre entregado a sus dos hijos y a sus c\u00f3nyuges, y un abuelo entusiasta de tres nietos.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Pete le precedieron en la muerte sus padres y su hermana menor, Mary Virginia Schenck Schwartz.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le sobreviven dos hijos, John \u201cBen\u201d Schenck (Ama Rogan) y Sarah Schenck (Christian Baessler); tres nietos; y dos hermanos, John Ernest Schenck (Becky) y Martin Nelson Schenck. Su exesposa y madre de sus hijos, Pat Schenck, falleci\u00f3 65 d\u00edas despu\u00e9s, el 4 de julio de 2025. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schenck\u2014Peter Benjamin \u201cPete\u201d Schenck, 87, el 30 de abril de 2025, por complicaciones derivadas de la demencia, en Nueva Orleans,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9829],"tags":[],"fpb_issue_category":[25314],"class_list":["post-3137337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hitos","fpb_issue_category-amigos-en-america-latina"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Peter Benjamin \u201cPete\u201d Schenck - Friends Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/peter-benjamin-pete-schenck\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peter Benjamin \u201cPete\u201d Schenck - 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