OBIT: Frank SHULTZ, 1948, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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FRANK SHULTZ

  Frank Shultz, Confluence business man, aged about 51, was drowned in the Yough 
Dam lake Sunday afternoon when his motor boat capsized near the site of the 
former town of Somerfield, now covered by the waters of the dam.
  Witnesses said that the boat appeared to upset when it was caught in the 
backwash of a larger craft being operated on the lake.  People on the shore saw 
Shultz struggle for a few minutes, then disappear under the water before anyone 
could get to him.  The water is about 60 to 100 feet deep in that part of the 
lake.
  For more than 30 hours and all through Sunday night rescue parties, made up 
principally of firemen from Confluence, Uniontown, Addison, Brownsville and 
other communities, including a unit from Deep Creek, Md., dragged the artificial 
lake for the body.  The services of a deep-sea diver from McKeesport was also 
enlisted.  It was about 9 o'clock Monday night when, at last, grappling hooks in 
the hands of George Wright, a member of the Addison fire company, finally 
brought the body of Shultz to the surface.  It was retrieved close to the spot 
where Shultz was last seen.  The body was removed to the Charles Humbert Funeral 
Home in Confluence where the cause of death was investigated by Coroner A. M. 
Uphouse.
  Mr. Shultz came to Confluence about five years ago, going into the Clover Farm 
Store.  Later he bought the Holiday building on Latrobe Street housing the Acme 
store and several living apartments on the second floor.  He had his own shop in 
the basement of the building where he conducted a tire retreading business and 
dealt in paints and hardware.
  After the Yough Dam lake became a reality Mr. Shultz became a motor boat 
enthusiast and started building boats.  The boat from which he was drowned he 
had built and owned in partnership with Stanton Metz, who did not accompany 
Shultz when he launched the boat on Sunday.
  Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 p.m., at the Gleason 
Funeral Home, Uniontown.  Mr. Shultz is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred 
(Shipley) Shultz; one son, Frank Jr.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Shultz, 
and one brother, Albert, all of Hopwood.
  The Rev. John Lambertson of the Hopwood Methodist Church conducted the 
services assisted by the Rev. Guy West of the Uniontown Church of the Brethren.
  Interment was made in the Ross Cemetery in Hopwood.

Meyersdale Republican, August 12 and 19, 1948