Jerry Lee Schultz was born on February 9, 1936 in Barnesville, Ohio to Velma (McCabe) Downey as "Jerry Lee Downey". After obtaining his adoption records and getting DNA tested in 2018 his biological father was confirmed to be Joseph Wesley Giesey of Batesville, Ohio.
Jerry was adopted from the Belmont County Children's Home in St. Clairesville, Ohio by Reuben and Emma Schultz on April 2, 1936. His name was originally changed to "Henry Russell Schultz" but then finally changed to Jerry Lee Schultz after Reuben died and Emma remarried to Elmer Moore who both raised him in Amanda, Ohio.
After graduating from Amanda High School he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and completed basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina then completed Marine Corps Aviation School in Jacksonville, Florida. After his military service he worked as an electrical lineman with Ohio Power and later lived for many years in Florida.
He is survived by his son Mark, daughter Christine and adopted son Rod; 2 half-brothers and 3 half-sisters; many grandchildren and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his sons; Jerry Lee and Jamie Douglas Schultz, half-brothers; Rex Downey, Richard Giesey and Stanley Giesey; half-sister Shirley (Giesey) Sigall and step-sister Bernice (Schultz) Blough.
His passion was the love of the outdoors, fishing and hunting.
* His October 11, 2020 obituary in the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette is inaccurate.
Jerry was adopted from the Belmont County Children's Home in St. Clairesville, Ohio by Reuben and Emma Schultz on April 2, 1936. His name was originally changed to "Henry Russell Schultz" but then finally changed to Jerry Lee Schultz after Reuben died and Emma remarried to Elmer Moore who both raised him in Amanda, Ohio.
After graduating from Amanda High School he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and completed basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina then completed Marine Corps Aviation School in Jacksonville, Florida. After his military service he worked as an electrical lineman with Ohio Power and later lived for many years in Florida.
He is survived by his son Mark, daughter Christine and adopted son Rod; 2 half-brothers and 3 half-sisters; many grandchildren and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his sons; Jerry Lee and Jamie Douglas Schultz, half-brothers; Rex Downey, Richard Giesey and Stanley Giesey; half-sister Shirley (Giesey) Sigall and step-sister Bernice (Schultz) Blough.
His passion was the love of the outdoors, fishing and hunting.
* His October 11, 2020 obituary in the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette is inaccurate.
Jerry Lee Schultz was born on February 9, 1936 in Barnesville, Ohio to Velma (McCabe) Downey as "Jerry Lee Downey". After obtaining his adoption records and getting DNA tested in 2018 his biological father was confirmed to be Joseph Wesley Giesey of Batesville, Ohio.
Jerry was adopted from the Belmont County Children's Home in St. Clairesville, Ohio by Reuben and Emma Schultz on April 2, 1936. His name was originally changed to "Henry Russell Schultz" but then finally changed to Jerry Lee Schultz after Reuben died and Emma remarried to Elmer Moore who both raised him in Amanda, Ohio.
After graduating from Amanda High School he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and completed basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina then completed Marine Corps Aviation School in Jacksonville, Florida. After his military service he worked as an electrical lineman with Ohio Power and later lived for many years in Florida.
He is survived by his son Mark, daughter Christine and adopted son Rod; 2 half-brothers and 3 half-sisters; many grandchildren and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his sons; Jerry Lee and Jamie Douglas Schultz, half-brothers; Rex Downey, Richard Giesey and Stanley Giesey; half-sister Shirley (Giesey) Sigall and step-sister Bernice (Schultz) Blough.
His passion was the love of the outdoors, fishing and hunting.
* His October 11, 2020 obituary in the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette is inaccurate.
Jerry was adopted from the Belmont County Children's Home in St. Clairesville, Ohio by Reuben and Emma Schultz on April 2, 1936. His name was originally changed to "Henry Russell Schultz" but then finally changed to Jerry Lee Schultz after Reuben died and Emma remarried to Elmer Moore who both raised him in Amanda, Ohio.
After graduating from Amanda High School he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and completed basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina then completed Marine Corps Aviation School in Jacksonville, Florida. After his military service he worked as an electrical lineman with Ohio Power and later lived for many years in Florida.
He is survived by his son Mark, daughter Christine and adopted son Rod; 2 half-brothers and 3 half-sisters; many grandchildren and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his sons; Jerry Lee and Jamie Douglas Schultz, half-brothers; Rex Downey, Richard Giesey and Stanley Giesey; half-sister Shirley (Giesey) Sigall and step-sister Bernice (Schultz) Blough.
His passion was the love of the outdoors, fishing and hunting.
* His October 11, 2020 obituary in the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette is inaccurate.
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