Funeral services for 80-year-old James D. “Jim” Schultz of Mountain Lake, Minnesota, will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday morning, September 4, at the Alliance Missionary Church in Mountain Lake, located at 809 Fifth Avenue.
Interment, with military honors by the Mountain Lake American Legion, will be in Mountain Lake Cemetery, located at 10th Street North at Midway Road.
Pastor Dennis Siebert will be the officiant, with co-officiant, Pastor Dan Keegan.
Visitation will be at Sturm Funeral Home-Mountain Lake from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. The funeral home is at 420 10th Street North. A second visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the church the day of the service.
James D. Schultz passed away at home on Monday, September 1, 2014 after a brief battle with cancer.
He was born on September 17, 1933 in Mountain Lake, the son of David I. and Marie (Heide) Schultz. He graduated from Mountain Lake Public High School in 1951. After graduation, he moved to St. Paul where he attended St. Paul Bible College. It was while he was in the Twin Cities that Jim met Marilyn Hovden of St. James, Minnesota and married her in Madelia, Minnesota on October 29, 1957.
Only months after their wedding, Jim was drafted into the United States Army as a Medical Corpsman. After completing his basic training in Texas, Jim was shipped to Korea in April 1957. He served at Camp Casey and along the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea for one year and two months.
Upon his safe return to the United States in June 1958, Jim and Marilyn moved to Richfield, Minnesota. In 1960, they welcomed their daughter Lori in January and son Randall in December. After living in Mankato, Minnesota for a few years, Jim and his family settled in St. James, Minnesota, where he began a long career in insurance. During his years in insurance, Jim worked for both Federated and American United Life. He retired from insurance in 1998.
During this time, and throughout his retirement, Jim farmed the land that had belonged to both his and Marilyn’s parents. Nothing made Jim happier than driving his tractor and puttering around the farm, no matter the season. Jim and Marilyn loved camping in their motor home with their children and friends, and for many years they spent winters in Arizona. Jim loved to drive, so he also drove truck for Conestoga and Fast Distributing during his retirement. During his entire life, Jim was known for his beautiful tenor voice, and was a much-requested soloist throughout the area.
Jim and Marilyn celebrated their 50th anniversary together in 2007. However, Marilyn passed away after an extended illness in 2008.
On February 6, 2010, Jim was fortunate to marry Elsie and they were blessed with 4 1/2 wonderful years together. During this time, they traveled extensively and enjoyed spending their winters in Arizona. It was a great joy for them both to embrace each other’s many children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. It was a great comfort to Jim’s children to see the love and joy that Elsie brought to his life.
Jim was preceded in death by his wife Marilyn; his parents; and step-daughter Geri Suderman.
He is survived by his wife Elsie; daughter Lori (Scott) Golinghorst of Mountain Lake and son Randall (Kathy) Schultz of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; sister Grace (Ancel) Skrabeck of St. James; brother-in-law Robert (Julia) Hovden of Centerville, Ohio; grandchildren Abbey (David) Himmel of Pearland, Texas, Austin Golinghorst of Sartell, Minnesota, Erica Schultz of Oshkosh, Ethan Golinghorst of Mountain Lake and Andrew Schultz of Oshkosh; great-grandchildren William and James Himmel of Pearland and Ezekiel Lenz of Alexandria, Minnesota; six step-children and their spouses; 15 step-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren.