Delores M. Schulz

Celebration of Life services for Delores M. Schulz will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28, 2020 at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Hugo, Okla.

Delores Marie Schulz, 86, passed from this life on Dec. 18, 2020 in Paris, Texas, at the age of 86. She was born July 24, 1934 in Julesburg, Colo., to Peter and Lena Gerk. She was the oldest of five children. She grew up on a farm outside of Sedgwick, Colo. She attended school at Sedgwick where she graduated as Salutatorian of her Senior class. She met the love of her life, Delvin Schulz, and they married June 8, 1952 in Julesburg at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. They were married for 54 years before his death. They raised five children, two boys and three girls: Marci, Curtis, Peggy, Clay and Penny. They were farmers/ranchers in Sedgwick, until 1968 when they sold the feedlot and farm and moved to Satanta, Kan., where they farmed. Delores also began working at the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. In 1973 they sold their farm in Kansas and bought a ranch in Soper, Okla., where they raised cattle and farmed. Delores continued to work for the ASCS in Hugo until she retired in 2000. She was active in OKASCOE and the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Hugo. In 2000 Delvin and Delores moved from the ranch in Soper to Paris, Texas. They travelled all over the U.S., Mexico, Puerto Rico in their travel trailer. They became “snowbirds” and spent their winters in the Rio Grande Valley at Edinburg, Texas. Delores was preceded in death by her husband, Delvin Schulz; grandson, Nathan Schulz; parents, Pete and Lena Gerk; brothers: Jimmy Gerk and Robert Gerk.

Delores leaves to cherish her memory: daughter, Marci Estep and husband, David of Hugo; son, Curtis Schulz and wife, Brenda of Grant, Okla.; daughter, Peggy Yorks and husband, Kevin of Waldport, Ore.; son, Clayton Schulz of Silo, Okla.; daughter, Penny Spurlin of Tuttle, Okla.; grandchildren: Kari and Steve Pier of Eagle, Colo., Kameron and Jessica Russey of Saginaw, Texas, Erin and Jeremy Smith of Blossom, Texas, Kris and Beth Estep of Paris, Texas, Keith and Kylee Edge of Boswell, Okla., Kelsey and Peder Terland of Albany, Ore., Kalen and Parker Gohrick of Bend, Ore., Jason and Jennie Schulz of Silo, Okla., Tanner and Kendra Bennett of Edmond, Okla., and Will and Jeena Bennett of Tuttle, Okla.; great-grandchildren: Lily and Zoe Pier, Kaden and Kasen Russey, Tanner and Aidan and Preston Smith, Emma and Ethan Estep, Kallin and Kamden and Kolson Edge, Elias and Alder Terland, Mylo and Renley Gohrick, Jagger and Ava Schulz and Charli Bennett; brother, Raymond Gerk and family of Holyoke, Colo.; sister, Judy Grahl of Pocatello, Idaho; sisters-in-law: Melva Evans and family of Sour Lake, Texas, Elaine Gerk and family of Holyoke, Colo., and Carolyn Gerk and family of Julesburg, Colo.; special friend, Norman Corbell of Muskogee, Okla., and numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends.

Services are under the direction of Prater-Lampton-Mills & Coffey Funeral Home.

Family and friends are invited to sign the guest book or send private condolences to the family at www.praterlampton.com.

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