[68-31] EDWIN K. SCHULTZ, b Aug. 1, 1848; s Amos and Elizabeth (Kriebel) Schultz [68-12]; m Oct. 19, 1872, AMANDA SCHULTZ, b Sept. 14, 1850; dau Andrew K. and Magdalena (High) Shultz [70-32]. Res., Boyertown, Pa. (1922).
Edwin K. Schultz was born on the original Amos Schultz homestead in Douglas Twp., Montg. Co., Pa. His scholastic education was limited to such as the local public schools of his time provided.
For ten years he was a miller in his father’s grist and flour mill, after which he moved to the farm where he was born, and for thirty-one years was a successful farmer, besides being president and manager of the Niantic Dairymen’s Association.
In 1898 he was elected a director of the National Bank of Boyertown, Pa., and in January, 1905, was elected president of that institution, which office he held until January, 1922, when he resigned; he is still a director of the bank.
Mr. Schultz has had the unique experience of never having lost a dollar in fraudulent or in ‘‘getrich-quick”’ investments. No promoter can persuade him to invest a penny in anything but the’ soundest securities.
Mr. Schultz has been the Treasurer of Perkiomen School ever since it was taken over by the Schwenkfelders, and has always been a heavy contributor to its finances; and during certain financial stringencies he has carried the entire burden of finances himself to tide the school over difficult periods. He states that investing money in Perkiomen School had paid him the biggest dividends of any of his investments, in the product of fine young men and women that the School starts on their careers.
After the death of Rev. William S. Anders in 1907, Mr. Schultz was elected to sueceed him as President of the Board of Publication of the Schwenkfelder Church, which position he still holds (1922). It is largely due to the wise leadership and optimism of Mr. Schultz that the Board of Publication has been able to accomplish so much in spite of tremendous discouragements. The publication and financing of the “Corpus Schwenekfeldianorum” was a monumental task for such a small church body as the Schwenkfelders, but Mr. Schultz is always ready to overcome what seem like insurmountable obstacles by pledging sufficient finances to meet the Board’s obligations and relying upon other members of the Schultz family to come to his rescue, who never fail to heed his call.
When the various church organizations were consolidated into one organization in 1911, Edwin K. Sehultz was chosen as Moderator by the General Conference, which position he held until 1918, when failing health forced him to resign. During his term as Moderator, Mr. Schultz was successful in welding into one organization the different church bodies and his leadership was an inspiration at every chureh conference. Coming from a distinguished line of Schultz ancestry, Edwin K. Schultz is living out the traditions of his forbears, and his life is an inspiration and example for the faithful Schwenkfelder to follow.
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