The Wetokian: The Journal of the Atomic Weathermen

In Loving Memory
Gerald Dean Schultz

"Jerry"
Death is nothing at all...
I have only slipped away into the next room...
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other that we are still.
Call me by my old familiar name,
Speak to me in the easy ways you always used.
Put no difference into your tone,
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed at the
little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word
it always was.
Let it be spoken without affect,
without the trace of a shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant;
It is the same as it ever was;
There is unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind
because l am out of sight?
I am waiting for you for an interval,
somewhere very near, just around the corner...
All is well.

Henry Scott Holland

C. D. 'Jerry' Schultz, 68, of Grants Pass, Oregon, died March 17, 1999, at his home.

He was born on March 7, 1931, at Wells, Minn. He served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S Air Force. After being discharged in 1952, he earned his bachelor's degree at Mankato State College in Minnesota.

On May 21, 1955, in North Hollywood, Calif., he married the former LaVae Christenson, who survives. They moved to Grants Pass in 1969.

Jerry was a member of the St. Anne Catholic Church. He was a founder and president of the local St. Vincent de Paul Society's Thrift Store Conference, and spearheaded the establishment and operation of the store and the soup kitchen. until illness forced him lo retire. He was also instrumental in bringing Little League baseball to Grants Pass. Jerry was a member of the Northwest Steelheaders, Trout Unlimited and the National Association of Atomic Veterans.

He loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing, whitewater rafting, hang gliding, travel and flowers.

In addition to his wife, survivors include 3 sons, Kevin, Jody, and Tim and 2 daughters. Julie and Cindy and six grandchildren.

Gerald and LaVae Schultz
13 Sep 98 - St. Vincent de Paul Picnic"Jer was presented with a special plaque for his dedication / founding of St. Vincent de Paul Store and Dining Room."

C. D. 'Jerry' Schultz with fishing catch

C. D. 'Jerry' Schultz
Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja
-- 6 miles from village --
-- Fish from "Sea of Cortez --
16 Beautiful days in our Mini Toy Dolphin
- NO WATER -
- NO ELECTRICITY -
- NO NUTTIN HONEY -
But fished every day -- Yum!

Jerry Schultz with son-in-law and Father Todd
'Jer' Schultz with son-in-law & Father Todd

LaVae Schultz's letter
to Harold Wainscott
is in this month's Mailbox.

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