Obituary of Joanne Elizabeth Schulze

Joanne E. (Myers) Schulze, 83, passed away Monday, August 3, 2020, in Highland Village, TX. She was born October 31, 1936, in Bozeman, MT to Bernard and Elizabeth (Griffiths) Myers. Joanne was the oldest of three children and attended school in Montana, graduating from Billings High School in Billings, MT in 1953. She soon thereafter met the love of her life, Earl Schulze, in Denver, CO and they were married on June 22, 1958, in Billings. They made their early home in Denver where they were blessed with four children, daughters, Mary and Melanie and sons, Michael and Mark. In 1968 she and her family moved to Scottsbluff, NE where she spent time enjoying her children’s activities, a warm cup of coffee with friends, crafting activities, church ministries and travel to many locations across the western United States. Her husband, Earl, passed away in 2003 and she lived in Scottsbluff until 2006 when she moved to Arvada, CO and lived there until her move to Highland Village, TX earlier this year. She is survived by her father Bernard Myers of Billings, MT; sisters Joyce Fletcher of Billings, MT and Janet Lowney of Bishop, CA; sons Mike (Jen) Schulze of Kalispell, MT, and Mark (Julie) Schulze of Argyle, TX; five grandchildren Karissa, Kassandra, Hayley, Annaliese and Trey; and four great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Earl Schulze; mother, Elizabeth Myers, and daughters Mary Neidhardt and Melanie Reker.