Session 2000
Effective: 1-28-2000
SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1806 A Resolution in memory of Reynolds Shultz.
� � � WHEREAS,� Former Kansas Lieutenant Governor Reynolds "Ren"
Shultz died January 24, 2000, at age 78; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Reynolds Shultz was elected to the Kansas Senate in
1964 and 1968 and was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1970. He was
appointed as director-at-large of the Farmers Home Administration in
1974 but resigned to assist in the re-election of Senator Bob Dole. He
also worked in the successful campaign of 2nd District Congressman Jim
Jeffries; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Reynolds Shultz was active in various civic and commu-
nity organizations including the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, Jef-
ferson County Historical Society, Jefferson County Extension Service,
Jefferson County 4-H, clerk of the local school board and as a member
of the board of governors for the Agricultural Hall of Fame; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Reynolds Shultz served in the U.S. Marine Corps during
World War II earning the Purple Heart and Presidential Unit Citation
medals for service in the Marshall Islands and Saipan; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Reynolds Shultz married Donna L. Thompson in 1941.
After her death in 1985 he married Judy Nelson Mansfield; she survives.
Other survivors include a son, Guy Shultz; two daughters, Michele Ann
Fate and Jennie Washburn; two stepsons, Curt Mansfield and Brian
Mansfield, plus 12 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren: Now, there-
fore,

� � � Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas:�That we honor
Reynolds Schultz for his service to the state of Kansas and extend our
deepest sympathy to his family; and

� � � Be it further resolved:�That the Secretary of the Senate be directed
to provide an enrolled copy of this resolution to Mrs. Reynolds Shultz,
668 Wellmen Road, Lawrence, Kansas 66044.

Senate Resolution No. 1806 was sponsored by Senators Praeger and
Biggs