Irvin Karl Schultz passed away on March 21, 2023 in his beloved city of Phoenix, Arizona. “Arv” was born on November 21, 1934 at Elmhurst Hospital in Elmhurst, Illinois. He spent the first 28 years of his life in Addison, Illinois. As a young man, he became a police officer for the Addison Police Department and soon met Nona, his third grade schoolteacher in Addison. During their courtship, Alve became the Deputy Sheriff of the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office. After their marriage on June 16, 1962, Alve and Nonnie moved to Phoenix, Arizona. In 1966 his Arv aviation career began. He worked as a flight instructor for his Sawyer Aviation and flew as a co-pilot for Apache Airlines and later Bonanza Airlines. He worked as an instructor in his program at Lufthansa, started Carefree Air Services, flew with Hughes Air West, and many airline mergers led him to join Northwest Airlines (now Delta Air Lines). ended his 26-year captaincy career. He started his Flyways magazine in Arizona after the FAA ordered him to retire at age 60. This eventually became America’s Flyways, which he issued for 13 years. He also published Sky Harbor Airport News. A history aficionado, he spent many years researching aviation history in Arizona with the intention of publishing a book. Arv is past president of the Arizona Pilots Association and the Classic Airplane Association of Arizona, president of the Knights of the Round Engine, American Aviation Historical Society Phoenix Wing, former director of the Arizona State Capitol Museum Guild, and a member of many other organizations. bottom. He received the Wright Brothers Master of the Year Award for his Pilot and was enshrined in the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame. But more than his love of flying and aviation, Arv loved his family. Charles H. Schultz, Irv’s father, Erna Scheper Schultz, his mother, Nona Mazurek Schultz, and his wife died before him. Arv was his beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend. He has his three daughters, Kathleen, Nancy (Derek) and Amy (Steve), and a son, Andrew (Sydney). Other survivors include six grandchildren and his three great-grandchildren. Instead of flowers, you can donate to the Arizona Military Museum or the Marine Corps Foundation.words of condolence www.whitneymurphyfuneralhome.com.