Charlotte Schultz, 85
Osakis, Minn.
Sept. 23, 1931 – Feb. 23, 2017
Charlotte Schultz, 85, of Osakis, died Feb. 23 at the Galeon in Osakis, Minn. Her funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 4 in Osakis Lutheran Church with the Rev. Rich Fitzer officiating. Inurnment is at the Nelson (Minn.) Cemetery. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service. Urnbearers are David and Jessica Schultz. Honorary bearers are her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and the Osakis VFW Auxiliary. Memorials are preferred to the the Knute-Nelson Hospice of Alexandria, Minn.
Charlotte Irene Mikkelson was born Sept. 23, 1931 in Todd County, Minn. to Mikkal and Olga (Johnson) Mikkelson. She attended Osakis High School, graduating in 1949 and worked at the Crippled Children’s School in Jamestown, N.D. She married Arnold Schultz on Dec. 9, 1950 at the Osakis Lutheran Church. Together, they owned and managed the Osakis Pool Hall for more than 22 years. It was during this time the many relationships between OHS students and their families were nurtured, as well as those with the entire community. Charlotte bartended at the Walleye Lodge, the VFW Post and the Osakis Liquor Store. In 1983, the Schultzes purchased The Little Store, which was a local grocery and convenience store on E Main Street in Osakis. They ran this business for 13 years. During this time, Charlotte also began working at an REM home in Osakis, which is a residential home for those with special needs, and continued working there after closing the store in 1997. Throughout these years, the couple raised three children and Charlotte helped care for her husband, Arnie who was in a wheelchair for many years. She was active in church (Salem Lutheran and Osakis Lutheran) serving as organist, Sunday school teacher and singing in the choir. She was a life member and former president of the Osakis VFW Auxiliary.
Charlotte grew up on a farm and liked to garden. She would do as much canning as time would allow, especially jams and jellies. She was also an excellent cook and made sure to have enough on hand to feed any size crew that would stay for dinner. She loved music and enjoyed playing on the organ or piano. She naturally liked to socialize and knew many people from all her years at the Pool Hall and bartending. She and Arnold enjoyed working on crossword and jigsaw puzzles together. She enjoyed bowling, playing cards and going dancing. She also loved to sew and spent countless hours embroidering. Charlotte was a lifelong Twins baseball fan and was a doting grandma to her grandchildren and great- grandchildren.
Survivors include the following: her children, Robert ‘Robbie’ (Mary) Schultz of Osakis, Richard ‘Rick’ (Tami) Schultz of St. Joseph, and Kristin ‘Kris’ Barrett of Osakis; eight grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Arlene (Kenneth) Sorenson of Osakis and Marian Brynjulfson of Sauk Centre; a sister-in-law, Shirley Gillan of Sauk Centre; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Arnold on Dec. 4, 2011; brothers, Harold, Merlin and Raymond Mikkelson; sisters, Katherine Marthaler, Thelma Marthaler and Lela Sax.
