Dolores Elda Schulz

Dolores E. Schulz age 89 died on Friday, October 23, 2015 at St. Williams Living Center in Parkers Prairie, MN following an extended battle with Alzheimer’s. A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 11AM at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Leaf Valley, MN. Visitation will be from 4-7PM on Wednesday at the Anderson Funeral Home and also for one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Dolores Elda (Huwe) Schulz, 89, died October 23, 2015 at St. Williams Living Center in Parkers Prairie following an extended battle with Alzheimer’s. Dolores was born March 23, 1926 on the family farm in Effington Township, Ottertail County, the oldest of six offspring of Louis and Elda (Zimmerman) Huwe. She was baptized on April 18, 1926 at South Effington Church by Pastor Raedeke. Her sponsors were her grandparents Wilhelmine Zimmerman and Gustav Huwe. On July 2, 1939, she was confirmed at Ebenezer Lutheran Church by Pastor H.L. Sprengeler. She attended country school through 8th grade at District 23, Leaf Valley Township. She attended her first year of high school in Parkers Prairie but finished her last three years of high school in Alexandria, graduating in 1944. Dolores was married to Melvin Schulz at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Leaf Valley, October 15, 1944, by Pastor H.L. Sprengeler. She remained a member of Ebenezer throughout her life, serving as a Sunday school teacher, VBS teacher, a member of the Ladies Aid and a member of the choir. Dolores was a stay at home mom, taking care of the two children while helping Melvin with the farm work. She also loved working in her huge garden and tending all her flowers planted around their house. In the late 1960s with her children grown, Dolores went to work in the Douglas County Sheriff’s office and remained there into the 1990s. Following her retirement, she continued planting and tending a huge garden and her many flowers. Dolores spent her entire married life living on the same farm site in Ida Township with Melvin until they entered St. Williams Living Center in 2005. She is survived by son, Lynn (Sheila) Schulz of Morris; daughter, Paulette (Jerry) Podratz of Maple Plain; 6 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, George (Virginia) Ketter of Alexandria; sister-in-law, Mary Huwe of Alexandria, step-sisters Ann Louise (JB) Olmstead and Mary Wayne Dahl, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by husband Melvin, her parents, daughter-in-law Diane Schulz, two brothers, three sisters, two brothers-in-law, one sister-in-law and step-brother Winston Darkow. A Funeral Service was held on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Leaf Valley with the Reverend Dennis Angland officiating. Kristi Wussow played the organ and Timothy Huwe was the soloist. Interment was at Ebenezer Cemetery in Leaf Valley. Pallbearers were Scott Schulz, Scott Persoon, Derick Podratz, Erik Terwey, Kevin Davis, Tim Huwe, and Kristopher Huwe. Honorary Pallbearers were Jeff Hagen, Marlene Froemming, Derose Froemming, and Harriet Schulz. Arrangements are with the Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria, MN. www.andersonfuneral.net

Dolores Elda Schulz

March 23, 1926 - October 23, 2015