Louis L. Schultz
Louis L. “Louie” Schultz, 92, Stevens Point, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, at Atrium Post Acute Care in Stevens Point. He had been a resident at Atrium since March 2016.
A celebration of life service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at Boston Funeral Home in Stevens Point, with Pastor Carl Winkelman of Highland Church officiating. Burial with military honors will be in Restlawn Cemetery in the town of Grand Rapids in Wood County.
Visitation will be at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, and again from 9:30 a.m. Thursday until the service.
Condolences may be offered online at
www.bostonfuneralhome.net.
Mr. Schultz was born Sept. 6, 1924, in the town of Eau
Pleine, near Junction City, a son of the late Albert and Violet (Eastman) Schultz.
He attended a local one-room schoolhouse and P.J. Jacobs High School.
He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Jan. 10, 1942.
Following training at Camp Pendleton, San Diego, Calif., he was deployed to the
South Pacific Theatre March 9, 1942, where he would spend much of the next four
years serving in the Solomon Islands Campaign, Battles of Tarawa, Guam and
Okinawa, and additional conflicts. During his service, he attained additional
special military qualifications as a Heavy AA Gun non-commissioned officer. He
was honorably discharged Dec. 21, 1945, as a corporal.
Returning to Stevens Point, he worked at A. L. Shafton &
Co. and also enrolled full-time at Central State Teachers College in Stevens
Point (now the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point as a history major.
He was married to Gloria Heimbruch Aug. 23, 1947, at The
Congregational Church in Royalton. They celebrated their 69th wedding
anniversary in 2016.
In 1948, he began working as a Mack truck mechanic at
Dahlman Truck Lines in Stevens Point, and became the shop foreman, sometimes
doubling as a relief short-haul driver. After more than 35 years, Dahlman’s
closed, and he worked for Scaffidi Truck Center in Stevens Point for an
additional two-plus years until retiring.
He continued to be available as an on-site Mack repair
consultant for Soik Potato Sales in Plover and Klesmith Logging in Stevens
Point.
He was a member of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars Post.
Survivors include his wife, Gloria; three children, Polly
(David) Adams-Olsen and Sandy Schultz, both of Stevens Point, and Louis, II
“Chip” (Charyn), Plainfield; two sisters, Hazel “Sue” Olson, Waupaca, and Anona
Martin, Clearwater, Fla.; four grandchildren; one stepgrandchild; and two
great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by five brothers, Allie,
Ferdinand, David, Walter “Mike” and Dennis; and one sister, Lillian Jorgensen.