SCHULTZ, Russel Dale 1928-1999

SCHULTZ

Posted By: Jeannine Peterson (email)
Date: 3/30/2012 at 14:16:36

Russel (Russy) Dale Schultz, 70, of 3983 Thrush Avenue, Kensett, died Friday, March 12, 1999, at the Manly Care Center.

Funeral services were held Monday at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Grafton, with the Rev. Ernest Thompson officiating. Burial was in the Grafton Cemetery. Russel was born June 13, 1928, in Union Township, Worth County, the son of Clarence William and Amelia (Walk) Schultz. He attended country school at Worth County Union Number 3 and graduated with honors from eighth grade. He then went on to graduate from Grafton High School in 1946. Following school, he went into farming with his father and entered into a farming partnership with his brother, Dale, in 1962.

Russell enjoyed farming and in his spare time he liked to fish, travel and spend time with his nieces and nephews.

He was a lifelong member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Grafton, where he was baptized and confirmed.

He is survived by two brothers, Allen and Dale Schultz, both of Kensett; a sister, Doris (Bob) Davis, Nashua; a brother-in-law, Richard Sletten, Lake Mills; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Arlene Sletten; and an infant brother, Lowell Schultz.

Mason City Globe Gazette March 1999