[NAFEX] Bill Schulz

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Wed Sep 26 22:58:19 EDT 2007


Nafex members and Guests. Bill Schulz passed away last Friday. Bill and I  
were like Father and Son. I was introduced to Bill at a Home Orchard  Society 
function back in 1990. From that day forward Bill and I traveled to most  HOS 
events, tours, and scion/fruit shows. Bill and I also roomed at the NAFEX  
convention at Portland in 2001.
 
Dan Ester
Eugene, Oregon 
 
 
 
William T. Schulz

Feb. 27, 1921 — Sept. 21, 2007

Bill Schultz was  born in St. Paul, Minn., on Feb. 27, 1921. He was a Boy 
Scout and received the  Order of the Arrow. After graduating high school in 1939, 
Bill spent one year in  the College of Forestry and then joined the Canadian 
Army Royal Canadian Corp of  Signals attached to the Queen’s own Cameron 
Highlanders. He received an  honorable discharge to protect his American 
citizenship.  
Bill continued his college education at the  University of Minnesota, 
majoring in industrial education and graduated in 1945.  He joined the 517 Army 
Ordinance in the fall of 1942. He landed on the Omaha  beach head as a .50-caliber 
machine gunner. During the Ardennes Offensive — the  Battle of the Bulge — he 
was injured, and was then sent to audit American  military records all over 
the European theater of operations. He considered this  auditing experience the 
highlight of his military career.

After World War  II, he returned to Minnesota, married Marion Radke in 1947, 
and soon after,  moved to the Medford area in southern Oregon, where he taught 
high school and  industrial arts. Prospect was his favorite school.

He had a passion for  horticulture, especially unusual fruit such as kiwis, 
paw paws and figs. Grapes  were his specialty and the Glenora grape, a seedless 
variety, was a favorite. He  once had the largest private collection of grape 
varieties in Oregon. He was a  past president of Home Orchard Society. Once, 
as vice president of the North  American Fruit Explorers, he hosted the first 
meeting ever held west of the  Mississippi River.

Bill loved to feed cracked corn to wild birds each  day. The band tailed 
pigeon was a favorite, as well as turkeys and doves. He was  also a strong 
supporter of wolves and enjoyed helping Lois White who operates  the White Wolf 
Sanctuary located in Tidewater.

Bill is survived by his  wife, Marion Schulz; sons Dietrich Schulz and Martin 
Schulz and his wife, Karen;  and daughter Stephanie Schulz and her husband, 
Larry.

In recent years, he  received care at Heart of the Valley, and he could never 
say enough good things  about his stay there. Weekly, he attended Grace 
Center for Adult Day Services,  and looked forward to this highlight each week. He 
also looked forward to his  visits with the staff and volunteers from Benton 
County Hospice. Their care made  it possible for him to remain at home with his 
plants and birds for as long as  possible.

Contributions can be made in lieu of flowers to Benton County  Hospice, Grace 
Center for Adult Day Services, Benton County Humane Society and  White Wolf 
Sanctuary in Tidewater.

A memorial service will be at 1 p.m.  on Saturday, Sept. 29, at Westwood 
Community Church, 23319 Greasy Creek Road in  Philomath.






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