Obit: Schultz, Albert Edward (1880 - 1969)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Schultz, West, Lund, Erickson, Lautenbach, Steel, Dudei, Braatz, Pannebecker, Handt, Wall, Scott, Dushek

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 3/27/1969

Schultz, Albert Edward (7 May 1880 - 17 March 1969)

Funeral services for Albert Edward Schultz, 88, of the Bryan Home in Neillsville, who died March 17 in Neillsville, were held last Thursday from the Georgas Funeral Home. The Rev. William Dushek of the United Methodist Church officiated. Burial was made in the Town of Grant Cemetery.

Mr. Shultz was born May 7, 1880, in the Town of Grant. He attended schools there and farmed in that town for many years. In the winters he would work in logging camps and was also employed by the old Schoengarth Brick Company.

He was married September 7, 1908, in Neillsville to Mary Ellen West, who died in 1941. Fourteen years after her death he made his home with his son, Elmer, and wife. For the last 12 years he had been a resident of the Bryan Home.

Mr. Schultz is survived by four children: Mrs. Lulu Lund of Richland, Minn., Leonard Schultz of Rt. 2 Neillsville, Mrs. George (Ila) Erickson of Rt. 1 Neillsville and Elmer Schultz of Rt. 2 Granton. Other survivors include 16 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were: Victor Lautenbach, Art Steel, Hubert Dudei, Victor Braatz, John Pannebecker and Everett Handt. Ellis Wall, soloist, sang, “Saved by Grace” and “Sun of my Soul”, accompanied by Mrs. Jess W. Scott.

People from out of town attending the funeral included: Mrs. Lulu Lund, of Richland, Minn.; Duane and Douglas Lund of Minneapolis, Minn.; Markus Schultz of Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Milton Erickson and family of Danville, Ill.