Paul Donald Schulz

Paul Donald Schulz, born September 21, 1930, passed peacefully from this earth May 30, 2015, to be with his Heavenly Father and rejoin his beloved wife, Joanne Marie. He was surrounded by loved ones during his last days on earth and his daughter and son-in-law were by his side when he passed. He is survived by his five children Paula (Dennis) McKinney, Austin, Texas; Michael (Franney) Schulz, Mobile, Alabama; Jennifer (Sean) O’Brien, Pensacola, Florida; Marit Karen (Dietmar) Glaser, Fairhope, Alabama; and Joseph Schulz, Jupiter, Florida; his sister, Nancy Roche of Lady Lake, Florida; 13 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nephews and nieces. Paul was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and thus began his love of all Cleveland teams especially the Cleveland Browns. After a brief move to California with his family, he spent the majority of his childhood growing up in Miami with his sister and mother, Ellamae Schulz, who preceded him in death. His was one of the first classes to graduate Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic High School in 1948 and he remained extremely close to many of his classmates throughout his life. He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville and graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Upon graduating he enlisted in the Navy in 1952 and was stationed at Naval Air Station Pensacola where he ran the “Dilbert Dunker” and later became a candidate in Officers Candidate School until he broke his back and was medically honorably discharged in 1955. He was hired by International Paper Company and had an amazing 30 year career with them that began in New York City, where he met Joanne, his wife of 56 years. He traveled the world for IP and was instrumental in their beginning relationship with China. They moved to Mobile, Alabama, in the 70’s where he and Joanne were the force behind starting up Marriage Encounter in the area. He returned to the IP New York City office until his retirement in 1986. They moved to Boca Raton, Florida, in 1987 where he had a successful career as a consultant to the paper industry until he fully retired in the late 1990’s, when the early signs of Alzheimer’s began to show. During their 27 years in Boca, Paul enjoyed being closer to his family and friends in the area; playing golf especially with his friends; following his Gators; and was a parishioner at St. Joan of Arc and then St. Jude’s Catholic Church. Paul and Joanne remained in Boca Raton until 2013 when they moved to Fairhope, Alabama, to live with their daughter, Marit Karen, and be closer to family in the area.

Viewing will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at St. Jude Catholic Church, 21689 Toledo Road, Boca Raton, FL beginning at 9:30 a.m. prior to the celebration of his life with a funeral mass at 10:00 am. Following the mass, he will be entombed alongside his beloved wife at Our Lady Queen of Peace in Royal Palm Beach, FL.

Donations in his name can be made to Alzheimer Foundation Click here To Donate
or to Christ the King Catholic Church Memorial Park in memory of Paul & Joanne Schulz, Daphne, Alabama Click Here To Donate.