Edwin Henry Schulz (1865-1948)

SCHULZ, BURGTORF, KILIAN, POWERS, LINK, BORTON, PELLET

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 8/6/2020 at 20:46:04

From Nevada Evening Journal May 1, 1948 (page 6)

Funeral Services Held Monday For Edwin H. Schulz

Maxwell, April 30 -- Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the Farrar Methodist church for Edwin H. Schulz who passed away Friday night at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Link, after a brief illness. A prayer service was held at the home at 1:30 p. m. and the last rites at the church with the Rev. Theodre Mallincrockt, officiating.

Mrs. Alice Gooden, soloist sang, "Jesus Lover of My Soul" and "Beyond the Sunset," with Mrs. Betty Porter, accompanist on the piano.

Floral tokens of love and esteem were many and very beautiful. Burial was in the Maxwell cemetery.

During the service Rev. Mallincrockt read a short life sketch as follows: Edwin Henry Schulz, son of John and Dorothy Schulz, was born September 23, 1865, near Endora, Kansas and went to be with his maker, April 23, 1948 being 83 years and 7 months of age. He grew to manhood and learned the trade of blacksmithing near his boyhood home. Here he was united in marriage to Ida Mary Burgtorf on October, 28, 1898. To this happy union ten children were born, two of whom died in infancy.

He gave his heart to God early in life, uniting with the Methodist church, in which he was a faithful worker as long as his health permitted. During his later years, while unable to attend church services he enjoyed the sermons he heard on the radio He spent much time in prayer and in reading the Bible and was always sincerely concerned with showing his children the right way of life.

When first married Mr. and Mrs. Schulz lived near Endora, Kansas, later moving to Heizer, Kansas. In 1920, the family moved to Calico Rock, Arkansas and in 1935. Mr. and Mrs. Schulz came to Iowa to make their home with their children. At the time of his passing they were living at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Link their son-in-law and daughter. All that love could do was done for him but after having been bedfast for only four days he passed peacefully away.

Besides his faithful companion, there are left to cherish his sweet memory: three sons, William E. of State Center, George E. of Mountain Home, Arkansas; Staff Sergeant Virgil E. of Omaha, Nebr., and five daughters, Mrs. Viola Killian of Calico Rock, Arkansas; Mrs. Josephine Powers and Mrs. Geneva Link of Maxwell, Mrs. Lydia Borton of Marshalltown, all of whom were here for the funeral. There are also one sister Mrs. Erving Pellet of Kansas City, Mo., and one brother, Louis Schulz, of Phillipsburg, Mo., twenty-nine grandchildren and one great grand child and hosts of friends.