Grace Robins Schulte passed away on March 15, 2020. Born March 28, 1918, in Birmingham, AI. she was raised in Fairfield and graduated from high school there in 1935. For college, she attended Birmingham Southern College for her freshman year and then transferred to Alabama College (Montevallo). There she was awarded a degree in English and a teacher's certificate in 1939. She attended the University of Alabama to work on a master's degree. She held various teaching positions until she married Henry A. Schulte on July 31, 1943. From that date until the end of WWII they lived in New Orleans. They returned to the Birmingham area where she lived the remainder of her life. She was a life-long member of the Fairfield Presbyterian Church until the church closed in 2004. She was an active church member serving as women of the church circle chairman, Sunday School teacher and choir member. She began a life-long passion of
researching her family's genealogy in the early 1940s. She was a member ofthe DAR, UDC and DFPA. She served as executive officers for local chapters and state offices in these various organizations. She was also named as an organizing member ofthe Birmingham Women's Committee of 100. She loved traveling. Beginning in 1966 and for the next 20 years she enjoyed traveling in Europe, Russia, India, and most of the orient. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Gregg Robins and Louise Donald Robins, her sister Louise Robins Strother and her husband Henry Schulte. She is survived by her daughter, Grace Schulte Adamson (Thomas) of Vestavia Hills and three grandsons, Andrew Higgins (Katherine) of Hoover, W. Gregg Higgins of Vestavia Hills and Jonathan Higgins of Atlanta GA. The family invites friends and family to a visitation on Thursday, March 19th beginning at 10 A.M. at Johns-Ridout's Elmwood Chapel with graveside services at Elmwood Cemetery at 11 A.M. Due to the Coronavirus, the family understands any friends and family who have medical issues which will not allow them to attend this celebration of her life. In lieu of flowers the family asks that you make donations in her memory to the Exceptional Foundation, 1616 Oxmoor Road, Homewood AI 35209.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.johnsridoutselmwoodchapel.com for the Schulte family.
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