Jill A. Schultz 1952-2005

GREIMANN, ANDERSON, SCHULTZ

Posted By: michael (email)
Date: 1/19/2005 at 14:49:46

Jill Annette Schultz, 52, of 2341 10th Street, Coralville, Iowa passed away January 18th, 2005 at Lantern Park Rehabilitation and Care Center surrounded by friends and family.

Funeral services will be held Friday, January 21st at 10:30 a.m. at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2301 East Court Street, Iowa City, Iowa with the Reverend Timothy Zimmermann officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday, January 20th from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at Lensing’s Oak Hill, 210 Holiday Road in Coralville.

Visitation will also be available at Cataldo Funeral Home on Friday, January 21st from 4:00-8:00 p.m. in Garner, Iowa. Internment will be Saturday, January 22nd at 10:00 a.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery in Mason City, Iowa.

Jill was born November 8, 1952 in Park Hospital in Mason City, Iowa the daughter of Robert and Dorothy Anderson of Ventura, Iowa. She graduated from Ventura High School in 1971 and graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Radiology, and furthered her education becoming a Nuclear Medical Technologist. In 1986 she transferred to the University of Minnesota in the Department of Nuclear Medicine. In 1990, she transferred to the University of Iowa and worked in the Nuclear Medicine department until her death. During her professional career she helped in training and educating many students in the field of nuclear medicine now practicing throughout the United States. Jill had a very strong commitment for caring and comforting patients. She was a member of the American Association of Radiological Technologists and the American Association of Nuclear Medical Technologists.

Jill married Steven Schultz on July 28, 1973 at Faith Lutheran Church in Miller, Iowa. Steven’s grandfather, Reverend Otto C. Schultz performed the double ring ceremony. Jill and Steve owned and operated Willowbrook OK Hardware store in Mason City, Iowa for ten years.

Jill and Steve had a strong commitment for child care and were deeply involved in the foster care program in Mason City and Iowa City, with having well over 50 different children.

Jill and Steve were blessed with the birth of their son Jonathan Schultz on March 23, 1982. Jonathan is currently attending Iowa State University pursuing a degree in Chemical Engineering.

In the spring of 2003, Jill and Steve visited their son in Australia for their 30th wedding anniversary, where he was attending a study abroad program at the University of Newcastle.

In July of 2003, Jill suffered a massive stoke along with surgical complications at the University of Iowa Hospitals & clinic, which left her in a coma until her death. Jill spent six months at On With Life Brain Rehabilitation Center in Ankeny, Iowa.

Jill’s hobbies included cooking, gardening, traveling, reading books and spending time with her family and friends. Jill was also strongly involved in her church, holding various positions serving her Lord and Savior. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

Jill is survived by her husband Steven Schultz; her son Jonathan Schultz; her mother Dorothy Anderson; her two sisters Jackie Mathewson and her husband of Littleton, CO and Carolyn Luscomb and her husband of Clear Lake, IA; her three brothers Robert Jr., Anderson and his wife of Ventura, IA, Tom Anderson and his wife of Tempe, AZ, and Greg Anderson and his wife of Edina, MN.

Jill was preceded in death by her father Robert Anderson; her nieces Allison and Emily Anderson; her grandparents Elmer and Bertha Anderson and Herman and Caroline Greimann; and her father-in-law Philip Schultz.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Jill Schultz Memorial Fund.

On line condolences may be directed to www.lensingfuneral.com