Aberdeen - Funeral service for Loren D. Schultz, 70, Aberdeen is 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15 at First Baptist Church with Dr. Harold E. Salem officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Memorial Park. Loren died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital. Visitation: 1-7 p.m. Sunday at Spitzer Funeral Home, 320 Sixth Ave. S.E. with a prayer service at 7. There will also be visitation one hour prior to the service. Loren was born on April 16, 1935, to John and Amanda (Boese) Schultz in Avon, S.D. He attended Southern State College and then continued his education at South Dakota State University, with a degree in agronomy. The summer before graduating, Loren began working with the Soil Conservation Service as a soil scientist. Loren married Barbara Crisp on Jan. 3, 1960. They enjoyed trips to New York, Texas and Hawaii. After graduation from SDSU, he continued working for the Soil Conservation Service as a soil scientist, and in later years, as an editor. He worked in these capacities for 45 years. After retirement, he enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren, playing golf with friends, and serving in many capacities of the church and school, such as being score and timekeeper at basketball games for the Christian school at First Baptist. Over the years he served on the church deacon board, the Christian school board, and the Child Evangelism Fellowship Board. He was always there for any job that needed to be filled in any area of the church and school. Grateful for having shared Loren's life are his wife, Barbara; his three children, Mrs. Jim (Lori) Irvine, Mrs. Alan (Deanna) Wollman, and Joel Schultz; his five grandchildren, Ben, Jared, Austin, Cydney and Lauren; and his sister Mrs. Morris (Marcene) Radack. His faith, wife, three children, and five grandchildren were the focus of his life. Loren was preceded in death by his parents. Casket bearers will be Daryl Rieck, Dan Grewe, Elvin Dumdei, Mel Weide, Merle Klein, and Carl Gustafson. The family prefers memorials to the First Baptist Christian School, 1500 E. Melgaard Road, Aberdeen SD 57401.
Published in the Aberdeen News on 8/14/2005.