Peter Donald Schultz

SALISBURY — Peter Donald Schultz, who was born Nov. 30, 1959, died May 19, 2019.

He was a graduate of Housatnic Valley Regional High School, Class of 1977.

He played soccer and golf, loved skiing, and was on the ski team and chorus and supported a number of shows in the high school’s theater department. 

He drove for the Lakeville Taxi for a number of years and was an EMT with the Salisbury Ambulance and a guard at The Hotchkiss School. 

He returned to live in North Canaan before moving to Freeport, Ill., and then to Oak Ridge, Tenn., where he died after living for four months with stage 3 lung cancer.   

He was predeceased by his mother, Suzanne P. Schultz of Lakeville and North Canaan before moving to Florida;  and his father, Donald S. Schultz of Freeport. 

He is survived by his brother, David W. Schultz and his wife, Elizabeth; his nephew, Thomas G. Schultz of Oak Ridge; an uncle, Robert F. Pearce of Palm Beach Garden, Fla.; and many cousins. 

In lieu of flowers, a memorial gift in his name may be sent to RAMP,  Peter’s last job, advocating for people with disabilities of Rockford, Ill. (www.rampcil.org).