Memorial service for Merliene M. Schultz, 88, of Grove City will be on Saturday, July 27, 2024, at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Grove City. The visitation will be on Friday, July 26, 2024, from 4 – 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Grove City. Interment will be on the family farm next to her husband. Merliene passed away at St. Cloud Hospital on July 20, 2024. Merliene Margaret Schultz was born May 16, 1936, in Atwater, the daughter of Sam and Myrtle (Bomsta) Mazo. She quit school after the 8th grade to stay home and take care of her baby brother Gary. Merliene was united in marriage to Donald Loren Schultz on December 18, 1954, and then made their life on the family farm north of Grove City. Merliene was the ultimate homemaker before she took a job at the bakery at Red Owl in Litchfield. Then after the closing she went to work for a disabled child in Atwater and later to the DAC in Atwater until retiring. Merliene was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Grove City in which she was deeply devoted to her faith. Merliene loved the farming life and having family and friends come to the farm to visit and maybe play some dice or cards. She enjoyed watching and hearing about the area stock car races, especially with her family so involved. She attended as many activities as she could that her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren would participate in. Merliene taught herself to sew in which she put to good use making dresses for weddings, First Communion dresses, and patching many clothes. In later years she really enjoyed watching her birds, having family, friends and visitors for coffee at the farm. Merliene is survived by her boys, Barry (Mary) Schultz of Grove City, Lee (Pam) Schultz Comfrey, Cary (Jane) Schultz of Atwater, and Mark of Grove City; her grandchildren Katy and Jason Lang, Brandon and Lisa Schultz, Jenny and Roger Fulsang, Alysia and Randy Alderman, David and Michael Wilmes, Erin Hovey and Luke, Zach and Ashley Schultz, Jennifer and Shaun Bingaman, Tori and Josh Helmer, Jayden Anderson and Layne, along with all her greatgrandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; her sister Thorma Johnson, sister-in-law Lucy Mazo, sister & brother-in-law Gwen and Marlin Sackett; and many beloved nieces and nephews. Merliene is preceded in death by her beloved husband Donnie, her parents, father- and mother-inlaw, sisters and brothers, and sisters- and brothers-inlaw.