September 27, 2005: Headlines: Staff: Obituaries: SF Gate: Headquarters Staff Member Charles Schultz dies
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September 27, 2005: Headlines: Staff: Obituaries: SF Gate: Headquarters Staff Member Charles Schultz dies
Headquarters Staff Member Charles Schultz dies
He left the Bay Area in 1968 for a position as a writer for the Peace Corps and later as a speechwriter for the AFSCME union in Washington.
Headquarters Staff Member Charles Schultz dies
Charles Schultz -- former Chronicle copy desk chief
Carl Nolte, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Charles F. Schultz, who spent 19 years as a staff member of The Chronicle and 19 more as a speechwriter for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in Washington, D.C., died Sept. 16 at his home in Vermont. Mr. Schultz, who suffered from lung cancer, was 79.
Mr. Schultz was born in San Francisco in 1926, the son of Charles Schultz Sr., a chef and steward at the St. Francis Hotel. He grew up in Oakland and Petaluma, served as an officer in the Navy toward the end of World War II, and graduated from UC Berkeley in 1949.
He signed on as a copy boy at The Chronicle soon after and rose to become a copy editor, a news editor and for many years chief of the paper's copy desk, responsible for editing the paper's news articles and writing headlines.
He left the Bay Area in 1968 for a position as a writer for the Peace Corps and later as a speechwriter for the AFSCME union in Washington.
Mr. Schultz was an idealist who believed in unions, civil rights and environmental groups. He was "a reliable firebrand,'' said his daughter Ellen Schultz, but was often disappointed by the politics of his time. "This too shall pass,'' he often said, "but not soon enough.''
Mr. Schultz is survived by his wife, Toyo Biddle of Middletown Springs, Vt.; six children, Stacie Schultz of Gastonia, N.C., Michael Schultz of Corte Madera, Ellen Schultz of New York, Sara Schultz of Corte Madera, Carrie Bazemore of Kelford, N.C., and Gillian Schultz of Seattle; four grandchildren; and four step-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held Saturday at his home, 103 Spruce Knob Road, Middletown Springs, Vt.
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