Jane Bell Schulte

Jane Bell Schulte 1919-2014

A life well lived. A person well loved by all and who loved all she ever met. Jane Schulte departed her earthly confines to soar in heaven with her Lord and the angels, her husband of 32 years Bill Schulte (1925-1982), her twin sister Peggy Watson and her parents Irma and Gen Marcus B Bell. She is desperately missed by all of her 6 children, Karen (Russell) Kirk, Martha (Magdi) Nafeh, Wim (Kathy), David (Gigi), Robert (Shanaz) and her youngest, Bruce. Her 9 grandchildren had the good fortune to have known her and been loved by her well into their own years (ages 10 – 32). They are Erin and Colleen Gendron, Sharif Nafeh, Sean, Kevin and Patrick Schulte, Jessica and Caroline Schulte and Stephen Schulte. The family who is travelling to mourn and honor her and the friends and neighbors who are in daily communication attest to her remarkable stamp on the world.

Jane was an army brat who graduated from Columbus High school in Columbus GA, attended Wesleyan College in Mason, Georgia and then on to the University of Missouri. She worked at the War Department in Washington DC at the time of Pearl Harbor staying there until 1944. In 1944 she was accepted into the WASPS (Woman's Air Force Service Pilots) in Wichita KS but when the program folded she went overseas with the Red Cross to Karachi, Agra and finally Tientsin, China. In 1947 she had reunited with her father and twin sister in Seoul and then in Shanghai. She was evacuated by navy destroyer to Hong Kong as the communists moved into Shanghai. She met her husband Bill Schulte in Hong Kong and was married in 1950. His career as an oil engineer and executive saw them and their growing family to Manila, Bangkok and then Europe; the Hague Holland, Stockholm Sweden, London England and Hamburg Germany.

Jane moved to Tucson in 1975 and immediately became involved in the community as a Deacon, Usher and Shepherd in her Church, Christ Presbyterian. She volunteered at the West which focuses on Women's and Children's causes. She was on the Board of the Women's Auxiliary of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Tucson

In lieu of flowers Jane named the following beneficiaries for remembrances in her name; Boys and Girls Club, Tucson, Salvation Army, Tucson, American Red Cross, Tucson, Christ Presbyterian Church, Tucson.

Services will be at 3 PM at Eastlawn for her Witness of Placement in the cemetery and a Memorial Service in East Lawn's chapel at 3:30 PM Friday February 7th.