Gerald L. Schulz, aged 91 of Granville, passed away peacefully on September 10, at Wesley Woods Retirement Community in New Albany.

Gerry was born on August 19, 1933, in Inkster, Michigan to Louis and Anna Schulz.  He attended Roosevelt high school in Dearborn, Michigan where he was a multi-sport athlete and where he met his high-school sweetheart, Janice Anne Hearn.  After graduation, he spent his first 2 years of college at Henry Ford Community College where he studied chemistry.  Wanting to pursue his dream, he applied and was accepted to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he studied and completed a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering.  He was the first in his family to get a college degree and was a life long Wolverine fan.  While in college, he proposed to, Janice and they were married on September 8, 1956.   After completing college in 1958, Gerry was hired by Mobil Oil Company and they moved to Cleveland, Ohio.  He worked for Mobil for just 6 years.  While in Cleveland, the first 2 of their 3 boys were born, Michael and James.  In 1963, Gerry was recruited by The Dow Chemical Company, offered a job and the family moved to Midland, Michigan. Two years later, their youngest son, Thomas, was born. In 1976, Gerry was told he would be transferred to central Ohio where Dow was building a new technical service and research center in Granville. Gerry retired from Dow after a distinguished 31 year career where his customers and coworkers all valued his expertise in the polystyrene films business.  In retirement, Gerry and Janice enjoyed cooking, international travel and made annual trips to visit each of their sons & families in North Carolina, Minnesota, and Michigan.  They continued to live independently at their home in rural Granville until the spring of 2017, when they moved to Wesley Woods Retirement Community.

Gerry was preceded in death by his parents, Louis and Anna; brother, Don; and sister, Barbara (Hein). He is survived by his wife, Janice; sons, Mike (Jackie), Jim (Diana) and Tom (Marsha) ; and grandchildren, Mathew, Emily, Meredith (Stuart Grant), Adam, Lexie (Tanner Sparrow), Elizabeth, and Jack.

No immediate funeral services are planned.  A private family memorial service will be held later in the year.