Wilma Shultise
1921 – 2017
My Mom visited Hawaii with me and loved this version of Iz’s “Over The Rainbow”
My friend Adrian at Riviera.Fm did a special dedication for Mom. You can listen here and the record is available at Mele.Com
BIO:
Wilma was graduated from Whitman Jr. College, Newark NJ in 1939. Went to work for Mack Mfg. Corporation as Secretary to Chief Engineer. During the war she worked for Atlantic Diesel (run by Seward Johnson). They manufactured airplane propellers. She was married January 23rd, 1943 to Walter Shultise. She also worked during the war at Unexcelled Mfg. Company, which manufactured parachute flares. Wilma also worked at Sagamor Metal Goods in Milltown NJ, which made bullet casings. Her husband Walter was in the service overseas for 3 years.
She has three children, Paula, Mark and Pamela.
During a stay in Richmond Va during 1969 and 1970 she worked for Unijax (formerly Epps Fitzgerald Paper Co.) She moved to northern Virginia, continuing to work for Unijax for 6 months there before moving to Hunter Associates Lab where she worked for another 12 years. She retired from Hunter Labs.
Wilma took a real estate course at Northern Virginia Community College and received a Virginia real estate license. She also took business courses in International Marketing.
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Our Mom was a breast cancer survivor and would have been overjoyed if you would consider donations towards cancer awareness. Here she was the winner in her category and only participant over 75!
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