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William Smith Hultz, 90, of Elyria, died February 3, 2011at his residence.
He was born May 6, 1920 in Elyria where he was a 1937 graduate of Elyria High School and was a 1947 graduate of The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He served as a sergeant in the US Army during WWII in Northern France and Germany. Bill worked at the former Hultz Heating and Air Conditioning Co., in Elyria and then was employed as an engineer with Ford Motor Co., in Detroit. After retiring he moved to Richmond, KY, returning to Elyria in 1997. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Elyria, Elyria Lodge # 787 F.&A.M. and Richmond, KY Lodge # 25 F.&A.M. His hobbies included photography and woodworking in which he held a patent on a child's rocking chair and made old time wooden toys and he was also an enthusiastic Buckeye fan.
Bill is survived by a daughter, Suzanne M. (David) Bertke of West Carrollton, Ohio; grandchildren, Aubryann, Anndrea, Hannah and Megann Bertke; brother, Jack M. (Mary Jo) Hultz of Pittsford, New York; two nephews and a cousin Patricia Black of Avon Lake.
He was preceded in death by wives, Erna M. in 1989 and Joan J. "Jackie" in 1996; father, Roy E. in 1969 and Lola M. in 1988.
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