Helena Maria Schulz Passes Away Two Days After Attending Event

[Emerging Magazine]

Copyright Emerging Magazine 2008


Emerging Magazine attended the unveiling of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Monument at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco, California Sunday April 6, 2008. The monument is dedicated to those Americans who defied the United States order to not travel to South America to fight in the Spanish Civil War.

Among the dignitaries attending the event was George P. Schulz and his wife, Helena Maria Schulz. Helena Maria Schulz, wife of former Secretary of State George P. Schulz during the Reagan administration. This photo is one of the last photographs taken of Helena in public.

Helena passed away Tuesday April 8, 2008 at the Schultz's home located on the Stanford University campus. Her death was a result of pancreatic cancer. Mrs. Schulz was 80 years of age.

In addition to her husband of nearly 50 years, Mrs. Shultz is survived by three daughters, Margaret Tilsworth and Kathleen Jorgensen, both of Concord, Mass., and Barbara White of Bloomington, Ind.; two sons, Alexander of Los Gatos, Calif., and Peter of Carlton, Ore.; 12 grandchildren, and three sisters, Teresa Dion and Margaret Pelliter, both of Nashua, and Rita Pepelis of Barnstead, N.H.

Photo below: George P. Schulz, Former Secretary of State.
Copyright Emerging Magazine 2008

[Suz]

Sad news to hear

[maudie rpcarr]

deepest sympathies

[RAINYDOG]

Always makes me think when I hear this kind of news.

[MommaToldMeNotToCome]

My sympathies to her family and friends. It is always sad to hear of a life lost due to the treacheries of cancer rather than to the expected inroads of time.

[Calico-run]

May she Rest in Peace! I pray she didn't suffer long!She is safely home, Amen!!!

[debby]

very sad information ! May she rest in peace. God bless her family and friends. sympathy sayings