Lawrance (Ted) Schultz died peacefully at home in Jacksonville, Oregon on October 15, 2015, at the age of 89. He was born on September 24, 1926 to Wilbur and Ethel Eastman Schultz in Santa Cruz, California.
Ted grew up surfing and was a charter member of the Santa Cruz Surfing Club. He graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1944 and joined the U.S. Navy, honorably serving as a machine gunner in a PBY amphibious airplane. He married his high school sweetheart, Joan Morton, in 1951, in Carson City, Nevada. Ted attended California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, graduating in 1954 with a B.S. degree in architectural engineering. Ted and Joan moved to Carmel, California after college, where Ted was an architect.
In 1957, when Alaska was still a territory, the family moved to Anchorage. Ted hunted and fished, and became a private pilot. Ted was an architect for the Federal Aviation Administration during most of his career, designing airports and facilities, but also had his own architectural firm for several years. He designed the original Anchorage Museum, was one of the founders of Chugach State Park, and was active in community and civic activities.
Ted and Joan moved to Ashland, Oregon upon retirement in 1982, where they had two horses and a large garden. Ted enjoyed sailing his 39 foot sailboat, the Arltunga, in Puget Sound and Canada. In 1994, Ted and Joan moved to Jacksonville, Oregon and Ted joined the Jacksonville Presbyterian Church and the Boosters Club. He continued his love for the outdoors with hiking and river trips in southern Oregon, and shooting at the gun range in Ashland.
Ted was a fine man of high ethics, and was kind, insightful and genuine, and an avid reader. Ted and Joan loved to travel and went to Europe, Africa and Asia, and drove their RV on many trips throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. He will be deeply missed by his wife of 64 years, Joan Schultz of Jacksonville, and by his sons Martin Schultz (Jennifer) of Anchorage, and Peter Schultz (Laura) of Ashland, and six grandchildren, Sarah, Eric, Grant, Ruby, Roxy and Cody.
A remembrance was held in November 2015 at the Jacksonville Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society.