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December 2, 2016 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 5A Richard Robert Schultz Sept. 16, 1922 — Nov. 22, 2016 Richard “Dick” Schultz was born to mother Frances Mattson, the daughter of im- migrant Swedes, and father Richard Samuel Schultz, a ref- ugee farmer from the Ukraine. He grew up in the Depression, spending every summer in Gearhart, caddying at the golf course for 35 cents a round plus a 10 cent tip, and roaming the woods, dunes, and beaches barefoot with his .22 rifle, his dog Fritz, and his buddies Gene and Boyd Poppino. The three were amazed at the Clatsop open graves at the Neacoxie, which they considered a sacred place. He learned how to golf on the Gearhart Golf Course by playing holes 15 to 17 at twilight, over and over until dark. The family stayed first in a Habicost cabin, then at the Habicost house, a converted wing of the old Gearhart Ho- tel that was salvaged after the burn. His dog, Fritz, died and still lies buried at the Habicost fence line at the Ridge Path. He attended Washington High School in Portland where he met the love of his life, Jeanne Briggs, and they were insepara- ble for the next 78 years, 71 in marriage. The day after Pearl Har- bor, his sophomore year in the Theta Chi house at the Univer- sity of Oregon, he enlisted in the Navy, where he trained to fly PBY Catalinas in subma- rine warfare against German U-boats along the Gulf and east coasts, and was a noted stunt flyer, irritating his superiors, in the skies over Florida and Georgia. After earning his wings, he and Jeanne were married in Portland. He requested a transfer to the South Pacific, where he longed to fly the lean Grummond TBF Avenger, but as the war wound down he was assigned to teach instrument navigation in Pensacola until the Japanese surrender. Dick and Jeanne returned to Oregon and bought a house on the Gearhart beach front for $3,750, lived there one winter with sand blowing through the walls, keeping warm by driftwood fires with their dog, Amber. Deciding they could not live on beach air and razor clams, they moved to Eugene where he earned a master’s degree in American literature at the University of Oregon, spending summers as the golf pro in Gearhart. The year 1947 was a high- light of his golfing career, when he beat long-standing champ Richard Schultz Ralph Dichter at the Gearhart Golf Course Club Champion- ship, at the second hole of a sudden death playoff, which Dichter double-bogeyed. After earning his degree, Dick taught high school English in Bend for several years, renting a differ- ent house each year and vacat- ing it for the summer holiday in Gearhart, where he continued to work as the golf pro. Weary of teaching high school, because “the orders don’t come from the bottom up,” Dick moved back to Port- land where he took a desk job at ESCO and then Hyster, tak- ing the “daddy train” on sum- mer weekends into Gearhart, where he was a regular at the Sandtrap and Gearhart Hotel, and befriended many Gearhart regulars, including the actor Johnny Sheffield of Tarzan fame, and screenwriter Beau Stone from whom he made a small fortune in golfing and chess bets. He golfed, dug clams, hooked salmon, and with Jeanne, socialized with Roy and June Maden, Pat and Tom Livesley, Brian and Sheila Taylor, Jon Blissett, Ray and Jeanne Weston, Harry McCall, Dave and Emmadine MacDon- ald, and many others, and was a generous regular at the black- jack table at the Fireman’s Ball. He soon tired of pushing papers and returned to U of O to enter a doctoral program in classical Greek, but his advisor died halfway through, so he fin- ished with a second master’s in Greek drama. He then went on to be the first lecturer in clas- sics at Portland State Univer- sity, teaching Shakespeare and American literature on the side. A bibliophile collector of first editions, his immense knowledge of literature in- spired that sharp and wicked Experience Family Dining in a Relaxed & Friendly Environment Serving Seafood, Pizza, Sandwiches, Espressos, Beer, Wine, Ice Cream and our Homemade Desserts wit that endeared him to many, unless they were on the wrong end of it. Dick never lost the con- nection to Gearhart, where he claimed to have spent the best times of his life. In the early 1970s he grieved to see the Gearhart Hotel razed, but man- aged to salvage a “Driftwood Lounge” sign for his den, and channeled his anger to win the Gearhart Grandfathers’ Golf Tournament, matching the Gearhart course record on the back nine. In the 1990s he was instru- mental in stopping the Sahhalie condominium development at the Neacoxie estuary in Seaside by testifying on the desecration of the Indian grave sites there that he knew from childhood. He was a life-long athlete, a gymnast in high school and college, and completed two Seaside marathons in his 50s. He was in retirement for 30 years, traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe. He died two months after his 94th birthday, and six months after his 71st wedding anniversary, while enjoying a life of leisure on the Croatian Adriatic coast with Jeanne and two of his children, Stewart and Julie, who are resi- dent in Croatia. Dick will be remembered as a brash, freewheeling, and ir- reverent member of the Great- est Generation, a lover and promoter of classical literature and ideas, a natural golfer with nerves of steel, a friend and protector of old Gearhart, and a devoted father and husband who was convinced each of his children was destined for great- ness. He is survived by his wife Jeanne; brother Bill; chil- dren Julie, Stewart, and Todd; grandchildren Rick, Erin, Adrienne, Henry and Anne- gret; step-grandchildren Jenni- fer and Matthew; and several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. His eldest son Rick, volunteer Gearhart fireman, classified ad manager at The Daily Astorian and champion golfer, preceded him in death. Holiday favorites showcased at Festival of Trees By Katherine Lacaze For EO Media Group For Veronica Russell, Providence Seaside Hos- pital Foundation’s devel- opment specialist, “Christ- mas is about kids.” To create an especial- ly enchanting experience for children at this year’s Festival of Trees commu- nity open house, the Dec. 3 event will feature a new Candy Cane Lane, with expanded activities and offerings for young attend- ees. An actress portraying Disney’s Princess Belle will sing and read stories on the mezzanine at the Seaside Civic and Con- vention Center, where the event will take place. 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