Cyril Schulte, 102 of Carroll, died early Tuesday morning, December 6, 2022 at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m., Friday, December 9, 2022 at St. Lawrence Church – St. John Paul II Parish in Carroll. The Celebrant will be Fr. Timothy Schott. Music will be by Kathy Halbur. Gift Bearers will be Cyril’s granddaughters. Lector and Eucharistic Minister will be Jim Elliston. Casket Bearers will be Cyril’s grandsons. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Carroll with military honors conducted by the Carroll American Legion.
Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. on Thursday at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll with a rosary at 6 p.m. Additional visitation will be from 9:30-10:15 a.m. on Friday at the church.
Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll and online condolences may be left for Cyril’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com.
Cyril Edward Schulte, of Carroll, died Tuesday, December 6 at the age of 102. Born November 18, 1920, in Wynot, Nebraska, Cyril was the son of Herman Henry and Maude Gassman Schulte. His family moved to Carroll when he was young and he attended Carroll High School where he was introduced to his lifelong love of wood working. He was drafted into the army and served in WWII from 1942 until the end of the war in 1945. He was a tank mechanic in the 135th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion, 13th Armored Division.
When he returned from the war he was united in marriage to Hilda Hausman on May 7, 1947, at St Augustine Catholic Church in Halbur. He and Hilda enjoyed roller skating, bingo, bridge, and dancing. Cyril and Hilda made their home in Carroll where they raised their seven children in the St Lawrence Parish. He was an Auto Body Mechanic for Winker Service, McCoy Motors and Whaley before buying his own shop with his partner in 1977 and retiring in 1986. He was a jack of all trades and all the work he did on the families’ homes and cars was his “entertainment”. He never went anywhere without his trunk full of tools.
He will be remembered as a man of such integrity, faith, devoted to his family and a true role model. Left to celebrate his life are his children: Sharon Rogers of Omaha, Joan (Jack) Blair of Windsor, CO, Bob (Karin) Schulte of Williamsburg, IA, Mary Janning of Omaha, and Tricia (Jim) Elliston of Omaha, NE, 14 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, his brother-in-law Andrew (Sally) Hausman of Arizona, sister-in-laws Esther Hausman of Halbur and Virginia Hausman of Michigan.
Cyril was preceded in death by his wife of 72 years, Hilda Hausman, his parents, his son Jim Schulte in 1971, his daughter Joyce Schulte in 1978, his son-in-law Bruce Rogers, his siblings: Vincent Schulte, Evelyn (Morris) Goecke, Raymond Schulte, Grace (Omar) Langenfeld, Bernard Schulte, Gerald (Deloris) Schulte, Gloria (Jack) Grimsman, and Marilyn (Earl) Kanne.
