John E Schull

Mankato Mortuary
388-2202

John Edwin Schull, age 63, of Custer, South Dakota, and formerly of Mankato, died Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at Hospice of the Hills in Rapid City, SD.

Funeral Service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, January 9, 2011 at Mankato Mortuary. Visitation will be from 12:00 " 1:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Decoria Cemetery, rural Mankato. Memorials may be given to Hospice of the Hills in Rapid City.

John Edwin Schull was born August 1, 1948 to Edwin and Romaine (Olson) Schull in Mankato. He graduated from Mankato High School in 1966. After graduation he briefly attended Mankato State College and Mankato Vo-Tech. He went to work for Sears and Roebuck in 1969. John married Mary Tierney in Good Thunder on September 20, 1969. They had one son and two daughters. They lived throughout the mid-west and the south as John pursued a career with Sears and Roebuck. His final promotion and transfer was to Chicago, IL as a Region Operations Manager. He retired on February 27, 2009, with 40 years of service from Sears Holdings.

In March of 2009 they moved to the Black Hills Region of South Dakota and built their retirement home in Custer. John loved to ride his motorcycle, go camping, traveling, spending time with his girls, and just doing things around the house.

John will be greatly missed by his wife, his daughters, and friends for his kind heart, his humor, his generosity and his love of life.

John is survived by his wife of 42 years, Mary of Custer, SD; two daughters, Beth (Chad) Woods of Des Moines, IA and Emily (Alek) Nelsen of Waterman, IL; his mother, Romaine Schull of Mankato; and numerous other family members and special friends.

John was preceded in death by his son, David John; his father, Edwin John; his sister, Annette.