Raymond Schultz

Raymond Schultz COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa - Raymond Schultz, 82, of Crawfordsville, Iowa, died Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at the Sunrise Terrace Care Center, Winfield, Iowa. Funeral Service will be 10 a.m. Friday, April 11, 2008, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Columbus Junction. The Rev. Paul Appel will officiate. Casketbearers will be Darrin Schultz, Jenny Schultz, Sarah Buffington, Jake Sommer, Erin Rugg, Amanda Richardson, Emily Richardson, Leah Schultz, Heidi Oschwald, Jessica Harris and Derek Steele. Burial will be at the Crawfordsville Cemetery with full military rites by the Crawfordsville American Legion. Following the committal services, there will be a time of food and fellowship at the Crawfordsville Presbyterian Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 10, 2008, with prayers of the rosary at 7 p.m. at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction. Memorials may be directed to the First Responders of Crawfordsville or the Washington County Hospice. Mr. Schultz was born October 23, 1925, in Germanville, Jefferson County, Iowa, the son of Louis and Minnie Janka Schultz. He married Wanda Faye Messer o...[more]

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pril 9, 1946, in Pleasant Plain, Iowa. Ray was a Navy veteran of WWII, serving from 1943-1946 in the Pacific Theatre and serving onboard the LST 739 Troup Carrier. He was a farmer and operated heavy equipment as owner of Schultz Construction, specializing in soil conservation and the construction of ponds and terraces. He was a member of the Crawfordsville American Legion and of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Columbus Junction. Ray was a two-term mayor of Crawfordsville, Iowa and a member of the Crawfordsville City Council for a total of 16 years. He enjoyed spending time outdoors, woodworking, fishing, hunting, camping and reading. He will be dearly missed by his wife, Wanda Schultz of Crawfordsville; his children, Ed Schultz and wife, Joyce, of Muscatine, Darrell Schultz and wife, Faye, of Mount. Pleasant, Teresa Sommer and husband, Roger, of Winfield, and Kathy Richardson and husband, Stan, of Washington; his brother, George Schultz and wife, Shirley, of Fairfield; and 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Jesse Schultz, and two sisters, Virginia Kurtz and Rita Sojka.