Person:Harley Schultz (1)

A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HARLEY MCCRACKEN SCHULTZ as told by his brother Marshall

Born 20 Feb, 1920 at 641 Park Ave in Newport, KY at 3:00 PM, attended by Dr F. E. Locke. His name was incorrectly entered as Elwood Roy Schultz and his father as Roy Schultz. This was later corrected to Harley’s true name but his father’s name is still listed incorrectly on his birth certificate.

While Harley was still a baby, the family moved to 28 Alexandria Pike, where they lived for six or seven years. His three brothers were born during this period. When Harley was six or seven years old, the family moved to the old family homestead at 159 Main Street in Clifton. His paternal grandparents then moved into the Alexandria Pike address.

During the depression, Harley went to live with his paternal grandparents at the Alexandria Pike address and was later joined by his brother, Marshall. They lived with their grandparents for several years and then rejoined their family at the Main Street address in Clifton.

While in High School, Harley acquired his first automobile. It was little more than a chassis, a seat, and an engine but he was able to repair it and make it run. He also acquired the hull of a canoe. It was only the wooden hull. The outer covering and the seats were long gone. His intention was to cut the hull in half and mount one of the halves behind the seat of his car to make it look like a racer. However, his brothers looked upon the hull as the wherewithal for mischief. When Harley was otherwise occupied, they would steal the hull and hang it from the top of a nearby telephone pole. Harley would have to retrieve it as best he could.

In the period between 1939 and 1942, had several jobs. He ran a small gasoline station on Alexandria Pike, worked for Charley Sidell in his candy making business, then worked for another candy making firm in Cincinnati. He also worked as a truck driver and mechanic for Sparks Moving and Storage. He drove a 1 ½ ton moving truck in long distance moving and made his own truck repairs.

Harley was drafted into the US Army on 6 February, 1942 and trained at Ft. Knox, KY as a half track driver/mechanic and as a tank driver/mechanic. He finished his training as a tank commander. During the World War II, he was stationed in England and was able to visit his brother, Marshall, at the 218th Signal Depot. After D-day, he served in northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe, and the Ardennes as a half-track driver and as a tank commander. He was wounded twice in battle and was awarded the Purple Heart with clusters. He also earned the EAME theater ribbon with five bronze stars. After the German surrender, he again visited his brother, Marshall, at Biebrich, near Wiesbaden, Germany. Here, they drank to the success of the Allied forces, the defeat of the Nazis, the joy of family togetherness, the dawn of another day, and to anything else they could think of to drink to. He was honorably discharged on 26 September, 1945 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana.

On 30 November, 1945, Harley married Helen Chatterson, a longtime friend of the family. His only child, Timmy, was born on 16 September, 1947 in Covington, KY. The family then moved to Ft Thomas, KY and Harley joined the Ft Thomas Police Department as a patrolman.

Harley was divorced from Helen and later married Margaret Wiley, who was visiting from Texas. Harley quit his job on the police force and moved to Texas with Margaret. He worked in a lumberyard in Weatherford, TX and maintained a home in Poolville, TX. He divorced Margaret and returned to Northern Kentucky. He lived in a trailer court in Melbourne, KY for several years and then moved his trailer to a court in Bellevue, KY. He lived there until his death on 28 February, 1986.

Grave marker at Spring Grove Cemetery, Section 71, Lot 10

Brothers Harley, Marshall and Darwin Schultz

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} ID# 106, in Family Records (Master Genealogist).
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 No.184683, in Spring Grove Cemetery Interment Records.

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