OBIT: Rodney M. SHULTZ, 2007, formerly of Huntingdon County, PA

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Rodney M. Shultz
Former executive director, Huntingdon County Housing Authority

  Rodney M. Shultz, 69, a resident of the Hollidaysburg Veterans Home, 
Hollidaysburg, and formerly of 512 13th Street, Huntingdon, died at 
3:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 11, 2007, at the Hollidaysburg Veterans 
Hospital.
  Born May 25, 1937, in Huntingdon, he was a son of the late Maurice H. 
and S. Jeanne (Litzenberger) Shultz.
  Mr. Shultz is survived by a sister and two brothers, Mary Jane 
(Shultz) Mater and husband, Jeff, and Don Shultz and wife, Linda, all 
of Alexandria; and Phil Shultz and wife, Pat, Bellefonte.
  He was preceded in death by a son, Steven Shultz.
  Mr. Shultz was a member of the Stone Church of the Brethren, 
Huntingdon, during his youth.
  He served in the United States Army, assigned to the 501st 
Administrative Co., 1st Armored Division, Fort Polk, La.
  Mr. Shultz was a former member of the former Junior Chamber of 
Commerce, Huntingdon.  In his youth, he was a member of the Order of 
DeMolay and later a member of the Mount Union Lodge, F&AM.
  He attended Huntingdon public schools and graduated from Huntingdon 
High School with high honors in 1955.  Following his military basic 
training in Fort Jackson, S.C., he attended finance school at Fort 
Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
  During high school Mr. Shultz worked for Hilly's Drugstore and the 
A&P Market, both of Huntingdon.  After his military service, he went 
into banking, being promoted to branch manager of the Mount Union 
branch of the Union National Bank.  He was subsequently employed as a 
state bank examiner and as the executive director of the Huntingdon 
County Housing Authority.
  He enjoyed hunting with his grandfather, Herman Shultz, and fishing 
with his other grandfather, Clarence Litzenberger.  He loved listening 
to gospel music and singing along with many of his old-time favorites.
  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 15, at the John 
B. Brown Funeral Home, 417 Washington St., Huntingdon, with the Rev. 
John C. Dean officiating.  Interment will be made in the Old Stone 
Church Cemetery, James Creek, Penn Township. 
  Friends may call at the funeral home from 1 p.m. until the hour of 
Sunday's services.

The Daily News, Huntingdon, Pa., Thursday, April 12, 2007