Helen Schultz
b. 7 June 1900, d. April 1987
- Father: Emil Gustav Schultz b. 23 April 1878, d. 6 December 1948
- Mother: Elizabeth B. Schultz b. February 1878, d. 31 December 1939
- Helen Schultz was born on 7 June 1900 in Indiana.
- Emil Gustav Schultz and Elizabeth B. Schultz appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana, at 307 Pearl Street. Other members of the household included Helen Schultz, Clara Matilda Schultz, Emil C. Schultz and William August Schultz.
- Emil Gustav Schultz and Elizabeth B. Schultz appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana, at 307 4th Avenue. Other members of the household included Helen Schultz, Clara Matilda Schultz and Emil C. Schultz.
- She was employed as a bookkeeper, according to the 1920 census.
- She married Sidney Ross Shepherd circa 1923.
- Sidney Ross Shepherd and Helen Schultz appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana, at 1220 Elston Street.
- Sidney Ross Shepherd and Helen Schultz appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, at South Union Avenue. In 1935, they were living in Michigan City, Indiana.
- The following appeared on 6 December 1948 in the Michigan City News-Dispatch: Emil Gustav Schultz, 70, 307 Pearl, died at his home at 4 a.m. today following a brief illness.
Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Hummer Mortuary. Burial will be in Grenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary Tuesday afternoon, evening and Wednesday until the funeral hour.
Mr. Schultz was born April 23, 1878, in Posen, Germany. He was the son of Frederick and Matilda (Pillat) Schultz and had been a resident of this county for 67 years. On September 21, 1899, in this city, he was married to Elizabeth Schultz, who preceded him in death.
Surviving are a son, Emil C. Schultz, Potts Town, Pa; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Shepherd, LaPorte, and Mrs. Clara Keithl[e]y, Michigan City. - Helen Schultz became a widow at the February 1973 death of her husband Sidney Ross Shepherd.
- Helen Schultz died in April 1987 at age 86.
- Last Edited: 23 Aug 2014