David Nelson Shultz

1937 - 2023

David Nelson Shultz
December 14, 1937 - February 19, 2023
Waxhaw, North Carolina - David Nelson Shultz, 85, died Sunday, February 19, 2023, at his home in Waxhaw, NC. He was born December 14, 1937, to the late William and Letty Shultz.
David Shultz grew up in Danville, VA. In 1956 David graduated from George Washington High School, where he met Margaret Ann Phinizy. He and Margaret were married in 1958. They were happily married 47 years, until her death in 2005. Together they had two children and three grandchildren.
David earned his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
In 1970 he moved his family to Charlotte, NC to serve as the Mechanical Engineering Department Head and Chief Engineer for Odell Associates. Then in 1976 he founded David Shultz Associates (which became Shultz Engineering Group in 2010). The firm has earned acknowledgement with high profile clients including Belk Department Stores, Carolinas Medical Center, Medical College of Virginia, UNC Hospital Center, Food Lion, CVS Pharmacy, and more.
David loved his work, even serving a term as president of the national engineering society ASHRAE. He also loved golf, baseball, travel, and spending time with his family.
In 2012 David moved to Waxhaw, where he met and later married Kathi Sherman. David is survived by wife Kathi and her children, Christian and Jennifer; his daughter, Sherrie Pesta, son-in-law, George, and their children, Mia and Eva; his son, David Clay Shultz, daughter-in-law, Anne, and their son, Cary; sister-in-law Joyce Phinizy; two nieces, Robin deKrafft and Kelly Walker, and their families.