MILDRED SCHULTZ, age 92, a resident of Waco for 16 years formerly of Irving, died Sunday, August 21, 2011. Mildred was born October 3, 1918 in Parker County, Texas. She was the daughter of Charles Clinton Hudson and Gertrude Waldrop Hudson. In May 1937, Mildred graduated from Weatherford College. She began her teaching career in Annetta, Texas. During the summer of 1938 while attending North Texas State University in Denton she met Adolph Schultz. They were married in Dallas, Texas on January 7, 1939. During the war the family moved to Orange, Texas where Adolph worked in the shipyards. After the war they returned to the Dallas area and in 1953 they moved to Irving, Texas. Mildred taught first grade at St. Mary's Episcopal School. After her husband died she worked for R. L. Polk in Dallas until she retired. While living in Irving she was a member of Plymouth Park Baptist Church. In 1996 Mildred moved to Waco, Texas. Mildred loved her family, her church, and her friends. She enjoyed teaching all children; especially her children, grandchildren and her great grand's. A widow for her last forty years, she was very independent. She painted and liked to travel. All of her life she loved to read. And in retirement read everything. In late years she could get lost in a book and forget her aging pains for a bit. In Waco, Mildred was a member of North Temple Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her husband in August, 1971; a son, Jerry Martin Schultz; brothers, George Truett Hudson and Curtis Neal Hudson. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Ann Hightower and husband Floyd of Waco; sons, Charles Ernest Schultz and wife Dorothy of Whitney, and James Alan Schultz and wife Pamela of Forney; grandchildren, Kimberly, Davin, Kim, Steve, David, Melody, Chad, LaurieAnn and Travis; 13 great grandchildren; and brother Roy Lee Hudson and wife Seleete of Orange. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday. Service is 2:00 p.m., Thursday, August 25, 2011 at Donnellys Colonial Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens.