Ewald Schulz

BORN NOVEMBER 6, 1933 IN GERMANY

DECEASED AUGUST 30, 2022 IN WHITECOURT

PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS FRIEDRICH SCHULZ AND ADELHEID SCHULZ AND HIS BROTHER LOTHAR SCHULZ

SURVIVED BY ONE BROTHER HELMET SCHULZ, NIECE FRAUKE SCHULZ, AGINAS FAMILY, DUNCAN FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS FROM BLUE RIDGE AREA

EWALD CAME TO CANADA IN 1952 AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 18. FIRST RESIDING IN MONTREAL AND TRAVELLING ACROSS CANADA WITH CN RAIL. HE MADE IT TO BLUE RIDGE IN THE EARLY 1960’S WHERE HE MADE HIS HOME.

EWALD WORKED MANY JOBS AROUND CANADA INCLUDING WORKING FOR CN RAIL, VARIOUS LUMBER CAMPS, RUNNING THE BLUE RIDGE FERRY TO FINALLY RETIRING AT BLUE RIDGE LUMBER IN 2000.

EWALD’S PASSION WAS GARDENING, NATURE WALKS, READING, AND JUST SITTING BY THE RIVER TO ENJOY THE SCENERY. HE ATTENDED MANY LOCAL EVENTS, BINGO, DUNCAN FAMILY GATHERINGS, SENIORS GATHERING AT THE BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY HALL.

EWALD WAS A KIND, GENEROUS AND HUMBLE MAN, HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO LEND A HELPING HAND. HE WAS KNOWN AS GRANDPA EWALD TO MANY.

THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK DOCTOR HALLADAY AND THE NURSING STAFF OF WHITECOURT HOSPITAL, THE STAFF AT SPRUCE VIEW LODGE AND ROSE CHAPEL GARDEN FUNERAL HOME FOR THEIR GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL NOT BE HELD AT THIS TIME IN RESPECT OF EWALD’S FINAL WISHES BUT A GATHERING WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE.