Vaneata Rae Howard Schultz

© Enid News and Eagle

08-2016

Submitted by: Glenn

© Enid News and Eagle

A Celebration of Life for Vaneata Rae Howard Schultz, 90, Enid, is 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, in the Mausoleum Chapel at Memorial Park Cemetery, with burial following. Pastor Kenneth Wade will officiate. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.

Vaneata was born east of Nash on the family farm on March 16, 1926, to Don B. and Della I. (Hurley) Howard, and passed away Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, in Enid.

Vaneata graduated from Jet High School in 1944. Following high school, she moved to California, where she did clerical work for the military. She came back to Oklahoma and worked for the WWII Prisoner of War Camp in Alva and from there she went to Vance Air Force Base, where she worked for 33 years as the personnel systems manager until her retirement.

She met Harold Schultz at the skating rink and they were married on April 1, 1948. They made their home on a farm in Breckinridge, before making their permanent home in Enid.

After her retirement, she was active in NARFE, where she was a past president. She was a long time member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Vaneata enjoyed Western movies, having a lovely garden and watching birds and butterflies out of her windows.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harold E. Schultz; son, Craig E. Schultz; granddaughter, Shannon D'Nae Keck; two sisters, Avonne Jo Jager and Myrna D. Waddill.

Vaneata is survived by her daughter, Debra Perrin and husband, Larry, of Cincinnati, Ohio; a sister, Myra B. Richardson, of Edmond; granddaughter, Ava Dawn Zambalis and husband, Brandon, of Broken Arrow; two great-grandchildren, Brayden Stewart, of Elsmere, Ky.; and Xoi Zambalis, of Broken Arrow.

Memorials in Vaneata's name may be made to Hospice Circle of Love, with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home serving as custodian of the funds.

Condolences may be made at www.ladusauevans.com.

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