The Partial Observer by William Bellen
Community Remembers the Dedicated Life of Bruce Shultis
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On Saturday, June 21, a memorial service and celebration of life was held at the Otego Methodist Church for Bruce Shultis. A man of fine character, Shultis was hard working and served his community. He was a tradesman and carpenter for most of his life, a craft he was both enamored with and exceptionally skilled at.
His line of work was far from where his talents ended, though. Shultis was a proud and ever-present member of the Goodyear Lake Association for decades. Serving numerous terms as both president and vice president of the organization, he led the charge on countless important initiatives that have shaped the association’s modern makeup.
Preceding the 2007 centennial celebration of the Colliersville Dam’s construction, the GYLA sat at around 50 members. Achieving stewardship of the association shortly before the centennial, Shultis brought this number up to nearly 200. He then took on the role of the centennial celebration’s primary organizer, reaching out and inviting relatives of those who were involved in the dam’s initial construction a century prior. Shultis also put together the agreements that stand to this day, which supply the GYLA with fireworks for its annual celebrations. Shultis was an instrumental figure in the 2000s, a role that would continue in the years to come.
