Obdulia Roldán

Other Events:

• Name: Obdulia Scholtz

Notes:

Biography:
Her parents were said to have been from Sevillia, Spain. Their family may have owned a winery there. The 1910 census for her son Henrique says that she was born in Spain and was Spanish. This probably meant Venezuela. Henrique and most of his children were listed the same way.

Obdulia married Johan Cristafel Scholtz on 1 May 1858 in Venezuela. Johan (son of Frederik Anthon Scholtz and Maria Augusta Möller) was born on 23 Jan 1837 in Curaçao; died on 26 Jul 1905 in Caracas, Venezuela. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Biography:
Because her brother Alfredo only listed her wedding to Jesus and on children, it's not likely she had any children.

Maria married Jesus Maria Acevedo in 1887. Jesus was born on 21 Dec 1859 in La Victoria, Venezuela; died on 28 May 1914 in Caracas, Venezuela. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Biography:
Antonio very likely died young.

Other Events:

• Name: Josefina Alida Statius Muller

Notes:

Biography:
In Dutch records her name was listed as Gozewina.

Josefina married Albert Willem Statius Muller on 5 Oct 1889. Albert (son of Hendrik August Statius Muller and Johanna Catharina Cornelia Voogd) was born on 31 Jul 1865 in Curaçao; died on 24 Dec 1929 in Brooklyn, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Naturalization: 19 Oct 1885, Newark, New Jersey

Notes:

Biography:
He was co-founder of Scholtz & Co with his brother Henrique. He was a founder and former President of the New York Cocoa Exchange. From his New York Times obituary: Mr. Scholtz, a member of the exporting and importing firm Scholtz & Co., 82 Wall Street, Manhattan, was one the leaders in the cocoa trade. He was a founder and former first vice president of the Venezuelan Chamber of Commerce in the United States and a member of the Pan-American Society and the Bolivarian Society of the United States. He and his wife helped raise John Scholtz (son of Luis and Avalina) but they did not have any children of their own.

Carlos married Homeretta Reopath about 1900. Homeretta was born on 1 Aug 1874 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; died on 15 Apr 1961. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Biography:
Luis was one of the founders of the first radio station in Venezuela in 1926. The following is from radiodx.com and is copyright of Ragusa Media Group, PO Box 14339, Wellington, New Zealand:
This year marks the 77 years of the issuing of the first official license to install a radio station in Venezuela; this first license was granted by the Ministry of Public Works and Economy the 25 of September, 1925, to Mr. Arturo Santana and Mr. Luis Scholtz, who founded "Arturo Santana, Scholtz & Company" with the purpose of operating the "Empresa Venezolana de Radiotelefonía"; it was Mr. Alfredo Muller who had the honor of being the first official announcer of this station, thus becoming the first ever radio announcer in Venezuela. This license not only gave them the exclusive rights to broadcast, but also the exclusive rights for the commercialization of the receivers. Friday, April 2, 1926, arrived at the port of La Guaira from New York the equipment for the first Venezuelan radio station.
This first station was called AYRE Broadcasting, their studios were located in a building in the corner of El Tejar, and the antenna and the transmitter in a lot nearby the bullring the "Nuevo Circo", not to far from the Bolivar square in Caracas. AYRE began its transmissions the night of May 23, 1926.
The newspaper El Universal, in its edition of May 24, 1926, depicts its inauguration as: "The Station AYRE Central Broadcasting of Caracas, inaugurated last night, was constructed by the powerful American company Western and its reach is of 2,000 miles, it is moved by two electrical motors, its power is of 12 horses. Its height is 65 meters".
Thanks to the technical capacity of Mr. Luis Scholtz, AYRE was as good as any of the best stations of its time; the station consisted of a transmitters made by the Western Electric and towers of 65 meters height to support the antenna. Some historical reviews indicate that its power was 1 Kilowatt, but if what was published by the newspaper El Universal is correct, and its power was 12 horses, then its actual power was + - 9 Kilowatt (12 HP multiplied by the conversion factor that is 746).
Unfortunately this station was in the air a very short time; the dictator of the moment, General Juan Vicente Gomez, did not see Mr. Arturo Santana with very good eyes, Santana was also a colonel in the Venezuelan army and aide-de-camp of his older son, General Jose Vicente Gomez, who was exiled in Switzerland for political reasons; and taking advantage of the serious political turmoil of April 7, 1928, when two military bases in Caracas revolt and a military conspiracy starts up, in which also some university leaders who in the end would finish jailed participated, Gomez, adducing reasons of "state security", ordered the closing of the station, this action marked the end of the first chapter of the broadcasting history in Venezuela. AYRE was born thanks to the political influence of Colonel Santana, and is this same political influence what determine its closing.

Died:
Age 69 at death.

Luis married Avelina Patcheco on 25 Jun 1892. Avelina was born about 1873 in Caracas, Venezuela; died on 22 Jan 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
His death record did not list a spouse (just parents) so it's likely he never married.

Notes:

Biography:
Because her brother Alfredo only listed her wedding to Jesus and on children, it's not likely she had any children.

Luisa married Jesus Maria Acevedo on 21 Dec 1905. Jesus was born on 21 Dec 1859 in La Victoria, Venezuela; died on 28 May 1914 in Caracas, Venezuela. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
She was still living in Venezuela at the time of her brother Henrique's death.

Other Events:

• Name: Henrique Scholtz
• Immigration: 18 Dec 1895, New York, New York
• Immigration: 3 May 1909, New York, New York
• Census: 19 Apr 1910, Brooklyn, New York
• Naturalization: 19 May 1916, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: Jan 1920, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: 12 Apr 1930, Brooklyn, New York

Notes:

Biography:
New York Times obituary for J Henrique Scholtz
J Henrique Scholtz, Coffee Importer, 81
J Henrique Scholtz, a founder and former member of Scholtz & Co, coffee importers, died yesterday in his home, 1 Fifth Ave, after a short illness. His age was 81. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela, where he still maintained a residence, and came to the US in 1902.
Formerly a coffee planter and exporter in Venezuela, Mr. Scholtz founded his concern here in 1906. He retired in 1948.
He was a Venezuelan representative at the Pan American Coffee Board here and at the Inter-American Coffee Board in Washington.
Mr Scholtz was a former member of the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange and the New York Cocoa Exchange.
Surviving are his widow, Berta; two sons, J Henry Jr.. and Arthur; three daughters, Miss Gertrude Scholtz, Mrs Norman Smith and Mrs Fredrick Cooper; two sisters in Venezuela, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
As a child he went to the docks with his father and got a rowboat. He rowed out the ships coming in and traded with the captains. He was doing so well that one of his sisters decided to invest in his operation. She bought another rowboat and hired someone to row it. Later he started to import Steinway pianos. They became a status symbol in Caracas and he did very well until he saturated the market. At one point he had a plantation (possibly coffee) outside of Caracas. One day the foreman came into town and said that he was having trouble with one of the workers. Henrique told him that he did not want to hear about it and that he, the foreman, was paid to solve the problems himself. The next time the foreman was in town Henrique asked how he solved the problem with the worker. The foreman said he shot the worker. At that point Henrique decided to sell the plantation. He first came to America in 1896 where his brother Carlos and uncle Joseph lived. After marrying in 1900, he and his family went back and forth between New York and Venezuela. Arthur (the only one child born out of Venezuela) was born in Brooklyn but on his birth certificate his parents residence was listed as Caracas. In December of 1908 a new dictator took over the country the people were hopeful things would finally improve. Henrique and his friend Lorenzo Marturet went to the palace where a crowd of people were calling for the new leader to come out and speak. The leader came out on the balcony and said "Let the people be quiet." The leader then returned to his room. Henrique turned to his friend and said that it was time to move out of the country and move to New York. His friend said that he would go only if New York had a good opera. Henrique and his family packed up their things and arrived in New York on 3 May 1909. Marturet and family didn't arrive until 1911. They bought adjoining Brownstones in Brooklyn. Within a year his friend moved back to Venezuela. Back around 1905, Henrique, his brother Carlos and Marturet founded Scholtz & Marturet. By 1915 when Martruet had returned to Venezuela the company became Scholtz & Co. Henrique worked there until he retired in 1948.
In the 1910 census he was listed as a merchant whose general nature of business was commission. He rented the home where he lived with his family, his mother-in-law and his sister Louisa who had just come that year. While in Brooklyn he had all his relatives from Venezuela and Curaçao over at Christmas time. Not all the families were as well off as his so all the children were very happy when everyone of them received a present.

Immigration:
This was his first trip to New York

Immigration:
While he had been to New York several times and most of his family at least once, this is the trip where they actually moved to New York. They sailed on the SS Philadelphia from La Guaira, Venezuela.

Census:
Head, 191 Park Place.

Census:
Head, 116 Lincoln Road.

Census:
Head, 116 Lincoln Road. He owned the home and it was worth $35,000.

Buried:
Lot 37755, Section 151

José married Joanna Catharina van Daalen on 14 Apr 1900 in Curaçao. Joanna (daughter of Jan Hero Adriaan van Daalen and Geertruida Maria Elisabeth Statius Muller) was born on 17 Jan 1881 in Willemstad, Curaçao; died on 6 Jul 1943 in Brooklyn, New York; was buried on 7 Aug 1943 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Berta Margarita Azerm. Berta was born about 1894; died in Aug 1992 in Caracas, Venezuela. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Biography:
Because his brother Alfredo lists only his birth date and no wedding or children, it's unlikely that Guillermo either married or had children.

Other Events:

• Name: Rosa Amalia Price
• Name: Rosa Amalia Scholtz

Notes:

Birth:
Birth Record:
I, Pedro Barbasca, principal civil authority of the borough of San Juan (Caracas) am able to state that today, the sixth of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy six, I have seen a baby girl shown to me by Juan Christobal Scholtz, who says that he is the baby’s legitimate father. His profession is a businessman, he resides in this borough, he states that the baby girl has been born in this borough at an address on the street called Triumfo, which address is located between a street called San Juan and a street called the Angelitos, on the first day of the current month of June at two o’clock in the morning: that she has been named Rosa Amalia and that she is the legitimate daughter of Mrs. Obdulia Roldan who is a dedicated housewife, and resident of this borough. This document has been prepared at ten thirty on the morning of this very day.
Witnesses to this act are Francisco Luzon and Luis Maggi, both of over twenty one years of age and residents of this borough.
Read and sworn to by this notary being in agreement with its content and validity.
(Signed) J C Scholtz Angel Leal Francisco Luzon L Maggi

Biography:
Her husband Henry had several children from a previous marriage but she had no children.
She lived in Bogota, Colombia with her husband. After he died she moved to New York where she set up a business setting up window displays for such stores as Lord & Taylor. She once made a large wreath for Rockefeller Center.

Rosa married Henry Price on 22 Nov 1911. Henry was born about 1860 in Curacao; died after 17 Oct 1918 in Bogata, Colombia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alfredo married Berta Margarita Azerm on 23 Aug 1919. Berta was born about 1894; died in Aug 1992 in Caracas, Venezuela. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Biography:
According to the 1910 census she had just come to America to live with her brother Henrique in Brooklyn, was not married and could speech English. She was still living in Venezuela at the time of her brother Henrique's death.

Notes:

Anecdote:
He was the head of the KNSM office (or Royal West Indian Mail Service) In New York. He settled later in Lyndhurst NJ.

Hendrick married Elizabeth Godfrey Rossell on 28 Jun 1919 in Brooklyn, New York. Elizabeth was born on 8 Mar 1892 in New York, New York; died on 16 Sep 1944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carlos married Maria Luisa Scholtz on 3 Jul 1919 in Brooklyn, New York. Maria (daughter of Luis Roberto Scholtz and Avelina Patcheco) was born on 7 Jul 1897 in Caracas, Venezuela; died on 25 Jul 1960. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Lot 34571, Section 130

Johan married Edith Marie Lion in Nov 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. Edith was born on 6 Jun 1900 in Brooklyn, New York; died in Jun 1987; was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert married Luisa Margarita Scholtz on 20 Dec 1919 in Manhattan, New York. Luisa (daughter of Luis Roberto Scholtz and Avelina Patcheco) was born on 11 Oct 1899 in Caracas, Venezuela. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
She is buried in the J. H. Scholtz, Sr. plot (Lot 37755, Section 151).

Other Events:

• Name: Obdulia Emma Schenck

Obdulia married Teunis Schenck on 7 Sep 1929 in Brooklyn, New York. Teunis was born on 24 Feb 1904 in New York; died in Aug 1962 in New York; was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Biography:
From the 1914 Senate records:
The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to permit John C Scholtz a citizen of Venezuela to receive instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point provided that no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby and that the said John C Scholtz shall agree to comply with all regulations for the police and discipline of the academy to be studious and to give his utmost efforts to accomplish the course in the various departments of instruction and that tne said John C Scholtz shall not be admitted to the academy until he shall have passed the mental and physical examinations prescribed for candidates from the United States and that he shall be immediately withdrawn if deficient in studies or conduct and so recommended by the academic board And provided further That in the case of the said John C Scholtz the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended Military Academy Act March 4 1913 Public No 431
According to Leonard, John William, "Who's Who in Engineering, A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries 1922-1923", 1922:
Scholtz, John Christopher, 50 Church St., New York; res. 109 Fisher Av., White Plains, New York.
Civil Engineer; b. Caracas, Venezuela, March 25, 1893; s. Luis Roberto and Avelina (Pachedo) Scholtz; ed. Bordentown Mil. Inst., Bordentown, N. J.; C.E. Poly. Inst. of Brooklyn. Chief estimator, Eire Railroad Co., New York, N. Y. Commnd Capt. 3rd Reg. N. G. N. Y.; served as Sergt, 9th Coast Arty Corps of New York State. Mem. A.A.E.

John married Luisa Cristina Jahn on 19 Jul 1924 in Manhattan, New York. Luisa was born on 21 Jun 1901 in La Victoria, Venezuela; died on 21 Dec 1981 in Fr Lauderdale, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Maria Luisa Statius Muller

Maria married Carlos Antonio Statius Muller on 3 Jul 1919 in Brooklyn, New York. Carlos (son of Albert Willem Statius Muller and Josefina Alida Scholtz) was born on 17 Oct 1893 in Curaçao; died in Nov 1962 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Luisa Margarita Statius Muller

Luisa married Albert Willem Statius Muller, Jr on 20 Dec 1919 in Manhattan, New York. Albert (son of Albert Willem Statius Muller and Josefina Alida Scholtz) was born on 19 Jan 1900 in Curaçao; died in 1995 in Caracas, Venezuela. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Victor married Rebecca Sanabria on 29 Nov 1922 in Manhattan, New York. Rebecca was born about 1904 in Caracas, Venezuela. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Olga Everett
• Residence: Arizona

Olga married Willis Everett on 30 Dec 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. Willis was born on 30 Jun 1894 in Heater, Mississippi; died in Jul 1968 in Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Gertrude Scholtz
• Immigration: 3 May 1909, New York, New York
• Census: 19 Apr 1910, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: Jan 1920, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: 12 Apr 1930, Brooklyn, New York
• Residence: 1992, East Orange, New Jersey

Notes:

Immigration:
They sailed on the SS Philadelphia from La Guaira, Venezuela.

Census:
Daughter, 191 Park Place.

Census:
Daughter, 116 Lincoln Road.

Census:
Daughter, 116 Lincoln Road.

Buried:
Lot 37755, Section 151

Other Events:

• Name: Henry Scholtz
• Immigration: 3 May 1909, New York, New York
• Census: 19 Apr 1910, Brooklyn, New York
• Naturalization: 19 May 1916, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: Jan 1920, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: 3 Apr 1930, Eastchester, Westchester County, New York
• Retired: 1980, New York, New York

Notes:

Immigration:
They sailed on the SS Philadelphia from La Guaira, Venezuela.

Census:
Son, 191 Park Place.

Census:
Son, 116 Lincoln Road.

Census:
Head, 5 Gramatan Gardens. He was head of household and renting an apartment for $115 per month.

Retired:
Scholtz & Co

Died:
From his obituary in the New York Yacht Club Magazine:
J. H. Scholtz, Jr. October 4, 1902 - June 26, 1997
J. H. Scholtz, Jr. died at Essex Meadows Health Center, Essex, CT on Thursday, June 26th as a consequence of complications resulting from a fall and surgery to repair a broken hip two weeks earlier. A private memorial service for members of his family was held at The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, CT on June 30th.
Born 94 years ago in Caracas, Venezuela, the son of J. Henrique Scholtz of Caracas and Catarina van Daalen, of Curacao, Netherlands, Antilles, Henry Scholtz came to the United States with his family at age 7. He attended schools in Brooklyn, NY where he left Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute after his junior year at age 16 to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1923.
After a career of a few years with the City Service Co. in New York City as a civil engineer, Mr. Scholtz joined his family's firm on Wall Street, Scholtz & Co., which specialized in dealing in cocoa and coffee beans and other products from Latin America. He continued with Scholtz & Co. until he retired as Chairman in 1980, when Cargill, Inc. of Minneapolis, MN, acquired the firm.
Military service included a post ROTC period as an US Army Reserve lieutenant after graduation from college and duty on coast patrol with the US Coast Guard Reserve during WWII.
Mr. Scholtz became interested in sailing and sailboat racing during the late 1930's. He participated extensively in racing at Riverside Yacht Club, Riverside, CT, his town of residence from many years. He served on sailing race committees at both Riverside Yacht Club and the New York Yacht Club, where he was also a member. At the New York Yacht Club he was involved in the management of several America's Cup regattas off Newport, Rhode Island. He had recently become a member of the Essex Yacht Club.
His wife, Angel (Williams) Scholtz, and his tow sons, Andrew A. and Frederick H. Scholtz, both of whom followed in their father's footsteps as members of New York Yacht Club Race Committee, survive Mr. Scholtz. Seven Grand Children and thirteen great-grandchildren also survive him.
Contributions in memory of Mr. Scholtz may be made to Essex Meadows Foundation, Inc., 30 Bokum Road, Essex, CT 06426.

José married Angela Lucia Williams on 14 Jun 1927 in Brooklyn, New York. Angela (daughter of George Washington Aurelio Williams and Alice Wadsworth Ayer) was born on 13 May 1907 in Brooklyn, New York; died on 19 Jan 2010 in Essex Meadows, Essex, Connecticut; was buried in River View Cemetery, Essex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Aleonor Agusta Smith
• Name: Eleanor Scholtz
• Immigration: 1907
• Immigration: 3 May 1909, New York, New York
• Census: 19 Apr 1910, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: Jan 1920, Brooklyn, New York

Notes:

Immigration:
They sailed on the SS Philadelphia from La Guaira, Venezuela.

Census:
Daughter, 191 Park Place.

Census:
Daughter, 116 Lincoln Road.

Aleonor married Norman Smith on 21 Feb 1929 in Brooklyn, New York. Norman was born in 1898 in New Jersey; died in 1968 in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 3 May 1909, New York, New York
• Census: 19 Apr 1910, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: Jan 1920, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: 12 Apr 1930, Brooklyn, New York

Notes:

Immigration:
They sailed on the SS Philadelphia from La Guaira, Venezuela.

Census:
Son, 191 Park Place.

Census:
Son, 116 Lincoln Road.

Census:
Son, 116 Lincoln Road.

Died:
Arthur was living in Los Angeles at the time of his death.

Buried:
Lot 37755, Section 151

Other Events:

• Name: Dooley Scholtz
• Name: Obdulia Margareta Cooper
• Immigration: 3 May 1909, New York, New York
• Census: 19 Apr 1910, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: Jan 1920, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: 12 Apr 1930, Brooklyn, New York

Notes:

Immigration:
They sailed on the SS Philadelphia from La Guaira, Venezuela.

Census:
Daughter, 191 Park Place.

Census:
Daughter, 116 Lincoln Road.

Census:
Daughter, 116 Lincoln Road.

Buried:
Lot 37755, Section 151

Obdulia married Frederick Cooper on 8 Jun 1935 in Brooklyn, New York. Frederick was born on 22 Sep 1905; died in Sep 1968; was buried on 9 Sep 1968 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Carlos Alfredo Scholtz

Carlos married on 4 Nov 1944 in Caracas, Venezuela. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Caracas, Venezuela

Other Events:

• Residence: Caracas, Venezuela

Other Events:

• Name: Josephine cahill

Josephine married Joseph Harold Cahill, Jr. on Yes, date unknown. Joseph was born on 9 Nov 1917 in New York; died on 15 May 1980 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Norma O'Conner
• Residence: Hudson, Florida

Notes:

Residence:
13216 Shadberry Ln

Died:
Obiturary from St Petersburg Times
O'CONNOR, NORMA A., 79, of Hudson, died Wednesday (April 25, 2001) at Bear Creek Nursing Center in Hudson. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she came here 19 years ago from Woodcliff Lake, N.J. She was a certified public accountant with Ingersoll-Rand and member of St. Michael's Catholic Church. Survivors include her husband, Thomas; and a brother, Roger Muller, Florida. Prevatt Funeral Home, Hudson.

Family/Spouse: Thomas O'Conner. Thomas was born on 3 Apr 1915 in Brooklyn, New York; died on 1 Dec 2001 in Florida; was buried in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Biography:
From his obituary in the Norwalk Hour:
Roger L. Muller
Resident of Wilton
Roger L. Muller, of Wilton, CT, passed away May 20th from cancer following a brief illness.
Born in 1925 to Carlos and Maria Statius-Muller, Roger lived to be an impressive 87, just missing his next birthday on June 7th. Roger grew up in Brooklyn, attending Erasmus High School, where he played varsity football and baseball. In 1944, he was inducted into the Navy at the young age of 18, where an aptitude test led him to be trained and to serve his country as an Electrician's Mate 3rd Class. Discharged May 6th, 1946, he went on to Sampson College under the G.I. Bill. After matriculating, he was employed by U.S. Rubber and Kaiser Aluminum. One of the highlights of his career at Kaiser Aluminum includes switching the wiring at Madison Square Garden from copper to aluminum.
On September 6th 1959, he met and married the love of his life, Pamela A. Archibald. They made their home in Rowayton, CT with their two children, Tony and Brooke. Dedicated to his community, Roger took every opportunity to get involved. He taught First Holy Communion at St. Joseph's church in Norwalk, was the treasurer for the Rowayton Civic Association and a member of the Republican Town Committee for the 6th Taxing District. He also continued a lifelong passion for baseball by coaching Little League. Roger's involvement even extended to assisting Frank Espisito in his first run for mayor of Norwalk.
In his spare time, Roger enjoyed reading and was an avid tennis player, playing competitively into his 70s. He could often be found playing at the courts of his beloved Bailey Beach or searching the stacks of Wilton Library for a good book.
Roger is predeceased by his wife, Pamela A. Muller, son, Anthony Muller, brother, Albert Muller, and his sisters, Josephine Cahill and Norma O'Conner. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Brooke and Larry Brown and their children, Larry Brown Jr., Hannah Brown, and Georgia Brown.
A memorial service will be held on June 9th at 10:30 am in Our Lady of Fatima Church, 225 Danbury Road, Wilton. The family requests, in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the American Cancer Society. Internment will be private and there will be no calling hours.

Roger married Pamela A. Archilbald on 6 Sep 1959. Pamela died before 1991. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Military:
Albert served in the Military during the Korean War.

Other Events:

• Education: 1947; United States Military Academy at West Point

Notes:

Military:
Jack was a fighter pilot and fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars.

Notes:

Military:
Louis served as a fighter pilot during WWII and the Korean War.

Biography:
Lou Everett was a test pilot and died during an exhibition in front of the military and press when he was showing an experimental Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft.
Biography by his son David from 2006:
Willis Louis “Lou” Everett was born on November 28, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York. Lou graduated from high school at seventeen during World War II, and wanted to fly fighter aircraft for the United States Navy. Because he was too young for the Navy Cadet program, he enlisted in the Army. Within a few months he transferred to the Army Air Corps and began training as a fighter pilot assigned to fly P-51 Mustangs. Stationed in Florida, he was awaiting assignment to go overseas when the war ended.
Lou joined the Mississippi Air National Guard, attended Millsaps College, and continued to fly by crop dusting and instructing at a local air school. While attending Millsaps he married Betty June Coleman and soon after the couple moved to Starkville, Tennessee where Lou enrolled in the Aero Physics Department at Mississippi State University.
In 1950, Lou and June had their first baby, Tom. In December of that year the Mississippi Air National Guard was called to active duty because of the Korean Conflict. The family followed the unit to Albany, Georgia and then to Louisville, Kentucky, where in 1952 their second child, Kathy, was born. Shortly thereafter Lou was called to serve in Korea, where he flew AT-6 Texans on forward air control missions.
Lou returned to the states to resume his education at Mississippi State and graduated in 1954 with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, and joined Chance-Vought in California as an engineer. However, Lou still yearned to fly.
In 1955 June gave birth to their third child, David. Lou was hired by Ryan Aeronautical Company as their second test pilot for the X-13 Vertijet, joining Ryan’s Chief Test Pilot, Pete Girard. The X-13 was the world’s first pure jet VTOL aircraft, and Pete and Lou were the only pilots to fly it. As a result of their research work on the X-13, both Pete and Lou received awards from the New York Academy of Sciences. During this time Lou became one of the original 17 members of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. In 1957 June gave birth to their fourth child, Glen
During the test phase of Ryan’s VZ-3RY Vertiplane, Pete Girard resigned from test piloting, and Lou became Ryan’s Chief Engineering Experimental Test Pilot. Lou continued testing the Vertiplane and began testing the Flexwing, which was a Rogallo-wing aircraft and a powered fore-runner of modern hang-gliders.
The next project was the XV-5A Vertifan, jointly developed by Ryan and General Electric. The Vertifan employed the lift fan concept to achieve vertical flight, diverting jet thrust to spin louvered fans in the wings and nose.
On April 27, 1965, the two Vertifan prototypes made their public debut during a press demonstration at Edwards. One was to fly horizontally in front of the grandstand, while the other would convert from horizontal to vertical flight and descend. Lou was in the plane scheduled to descend. Flying at 180 knots and an altitude of 800 feet, Lou prepared to transition from conventional to fan mode, but unexpectedly the Vertifan violently pitched nose down. Lou ejected, but the ejection seat failed and his parachute caught on the plane’s high tail. Lou went down with the plane and was killed.
Lou was a devoted family man, an outstanding engineer, and a passionately dedicated test pilot during a seminal time in the history of United States aerospace.

Other Events:

• Name: Fred Scholtz
• Census: 2 Apr 1930, Eastchester Village, Westchester County, New York

Notes:

Census:
Son, 5 Gramatan Gardens.

Died:
Unpublished Obituary:

FREDERICK HENRY SCHOLTZ

Fred Scholtz, former Wall Street banker and Morgan Stanley partner, died December 29, 2009 in Naples, Florida after a ten month battle with pancreatic cancer.

He was born in Bronxville, New York on October 3, 1929. He spent most of his youth in Riverside, Connecticut and later lived with his wife, Sally Kirkham, for many years in Darien and New Canaan, Connecticut. Lately, he and Sally have been living in Charlestown, Rhode Island and Naples, Florida.

Mr. Scholtz was a graduate of St. Luke’s School in New Canaan, Connecticut, and he received a BA from Amherst College in 1952. He specialized in finance throughout his business career. In addition to ten years with Morgan Stanley, he worked at Chemical Bank, General Foods Corporation, Mitchell & Associates, and as president of the auction house, Sotheby’s, North America.

Mr. Scholtz loved moving from one pursuit to another and was fond of saying that his motto was, “Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.”

Among his many hobbies, Mr. Scholtz was an avid deep water sailor. In 1977, as chairman of the New York Yacht Club race committee, he managed the running of The America’s Cup races won by Ted Turner off Newport, Rhode Island. In addition to sailing, he participated in the US Senior Tennis League and in 1996 he won the singles and doubles Connecticut State Championships in his age group.

Throughout his life, Mr. Scholtz enjoyed collecting contemporary art and the building and remodeling of his homes. His recent interests led him to become an ardent photographer and conservationist. Some of his favorite places to photograph wildlife and landscapes were Alaska, East Africa, the Rocky Mountains, New England and South Florida. During photography trips to Kenya he became interested in animal conservation and worked as a volunteer on wildlife conservation projects with the Mara Conservancy organized by the Earthwatch Institute of London, England.

Mr. Scholtz is survived by his 102-year-old mother, Angela; his wife of 58 years, Sally; his brother, Andrew; his children, Peter and his wife Christine, Sarah Dewar and her husband Bob, Bradley and his wife Julie; and his eight grandchildren. A memorial service in celebration of the life of Fred Scholtz will take place at United Church of Christ, 5200 Crayton Road in Naples, Florida at 3:00pm on Friday, December 4th, 2009.

In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Fred Scholtz may be made to the Mara Conservancy, c/o Earthwatch Management Ltd., Box 13509-0800, Nairobi, Kenya or to Avow Hospice, 1095 Whippoorwill Lane, Naples, Florida, 34105.

Fredrick married Sally Kirkham in Sep 1951 in St Pauls Church, Riverside, Connecticut. Sally was born on 1 Oct 1930; died on 18 Apr 2010 in Naples, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Bernardsville, New Jersey

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