Lois Ruth Schultz

Lois Ruth Schultz passed away December 8 at her home in Brentwood. She was 89.

She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Vern Schultz; daughter Heidi Vaughn, daughter Lisa Lynch and her husband David; granddaughter Ellen Peck and her husband Lou, grandson Erik Lynch, granddaughter Jane Hinton and her husband Steven, granddaughter Lucy Schultz, and great grandchildren Levi Peck, Henry Peck, Amelia Peck, and James Harrison Hinton. She was preceded in death by her son Steven Schultz in 2018.

Lois was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1931, the oldest of three sisters. After she and Vern married in 1956, they lived in Lincoln Park, Michigan and Lyons, Illinois before moving to California in 1965. In San Jose, they were active members of Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, and finally Crossroads Bible Church. When they moved to Brentwood in 1995 they became members of Golden Hills Community Church where Lois was active in children’s ministries, teaching Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, Awana, MOPS, and Children’s Perspectives.