Helen Bernadette Schultz

Born on October 4th, 1928 to Simon and Mary Kot of Weyburn, Helen was the fourth of nine children and her early life was that of a prairie farm girl raised during the depression in McTaggart, Saskatchewan. She attended high school in Weyburn and graduated having been awarded the Governor General’s medal for academic proficiency in her senior year. After a brief career in banking of which she noted “those that you think have money do not and those that are dressed very humbly are rich.” She married a local McTaggart farmer, Carl Schultz, on June 21st, 1949. Carl and Helen went on to have seven children; Lawrence (b.1950), Bryan (b.1952), Kevin (b.1955), Mark (b.1957), Carla (b.1960), Garth (b.1962) and Tim (b.1965). In addition to raising the family, Helen also belonged to the Catholic Women’s League; first at St. Joan of Arc parish in McTaggart and later at St Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church in Weyburn. She was very active in the church community volunteering as minister of the Eucharist and helping at mass at Tatagwa up until recently. She also worked for the Federal Government as a Census taker in 1971. She worked for social services helping young mothers as a parent aid. Helen loved to bowl and participated in the Weyburn Friday evening league and golden age league in which she and Carl belonged. She also later belonged to the Tuesday afternoon woman’s league and bowled in out of town tournaments. She remained an active bowler throughout her life with the final pin dropped in September of 2014. Helen and Carl retired to Weyburn in the fall of 1988. During this time Helen enjoyed the company of family, friends and the arrival of 16 grandchildren. She was an active volunteer at the Wheatland Senior’s Centre, and a regular Wednesday night whist player for years. She was a member of the auxiliary of the Weyburn Special Care Home and volunteered to take shut ins out for coffee through home care. Volunteering was an important part of Helen’s life after “retiring”. Helen’s vacation time consisted of a trip to Victoria to visit old high school friends; a tour of the Maritimes with her siblings; a sisters’ only trip through eastern Canada; and trips to Michigan to visit grandchildren. Later in life Helen was an avid Roughrider fan watching the games on TV and attending some live in Regina. She even went to the Banjo Bowl in Winnipeg at the age of 82!

Helen is predeceased by Parents Simon (d. 1985) and Mary (d.1994) Husband Carl (d .2005) brother Arnold (d. 1957) brother John (d. 1992) sister Yvonne (d. 2002) sister Emilia (d. 2003) sister Pauline (d. 2008) brother Darold (d. 2009) sister Mary Ann (d. 2010) and sister Dorothy (d 2013).She will be lovingly remembered by son Larry (Donna)Schultz of Saskatoon, SK and family Rachel, Matthew and Alex; son Bryan(Maureen Kraemer) of Weyburn, SK and family Kaley, Victoria and Evan; son Kevin Schultz of Weyburn, SK and family , Sydney, Nolan and Spencer; son Mark (Shawna) Schultz of Regina, SK and family Rayna and Emma; daughter Carla Schultz of Weyburn, SK; son Garth (Cynthia) Schultz of Oxford, Michigan and family, Jadon, Audrey and Elise; son Tim (Nancy) Schultz of North Battleford, SK and family Amy and Chloe; sisters-in-law , Lynn Kot of Weyburn, SK and Helen Campbell of Regina, SK; brothers-in-law, Ron Abel of Weyburn, SK and Norbert Schultz of Weyburn, SK as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends.