Page 12 The Chronicle, Friday, December 28, 2007 - LOCAL NEWS - We live here By LACEY BURLEY - lacey.burley @thechronicle.com.au Ropeley’s ‘mountain man’ was a larrikin loved by all Valley icon leaves a lasting legacy LOCKYER Valley legend Arnie Schulz has sadly hung up his Akubra hat and riding boots forever. The 76-year-old Ropeley man passed away in the company of family last Friday after he suffered a major heart attack. Arnie leaves behind a lifetime of memories that will be carried on by all those whose lives he touched. His sister Irene Weier, 69, said Arnie lived a larrikin life. “He was loved by everyone,” Mrs Weier said. “He was kind-hearted and, as sick as he was, he always kept his chin up. “Kids loved him, with his long white beard he was always saying ‘ho ho ho’. “He was always a wag; he always had a joke and was always full of fun. “He never really let anything get him down.” Arnie was born in Gatton and had 13 siblings. He lived his entire life at Ropeley, on his farm with his cattle and pigs. Arnie was, in all aspects of the word, a legend. “He was a legend,” Mrs Weier said. “A typical Valley icon, he just knew everybody.” Arnie was well known for his friendship with the late country music singer Stan Coster, who even wrote a song about Arnie and his beloved mountain called Schulzies Mountain. “It would have been in the early 1980s (when they met),” Mrs Weier said. “Stan would have his shows at the Tent Hill Pub on Fridays and Saturdays and then on Sundays they’d all go up the mountain — Arnie’s mountain — and have a sing-song and a barbecue. “Arnie had always wanted to buy that mountain ever since he was young and we had so many parties and things up there.” Arnie was also well known for love of clearance sales. He would spend years collecting junk have a sale himself every now then. Arnie’s funeral will be held today at the Ropeley Lutheran Church 11am. On Arnie’s wishes, Stan Coster’s Schulzies Mountain will be played as he is laid to rest. …………………………………………………………………….. Charmaine’s Notes :- Arnold Victor Schulz was the son of Friederich Herman Carl SCHULZ & Minna WESSLING. Below is a very short ancestor chart for Arnie. 1-Friedrich Heinrich Schulz b. 1862, d. 11 Jan 1901, Q'land + Emma Evaline M Kassulke b. 1863, m. 22 Jan 1889, Q'land, d. 18 May 1945, (Ropeley Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Q'land.) |--2-Bertha Albertina Schulz b. 26 Jan 1890, d. 9 Dec 1988, (Evergreen) |--2-Otto August Adolph Schulz b. 31 Mar 1891, Q'land, bur. 18 Nov 1971, Hemmant Cemetery | + Ida Agnes Dodt b. 30 Sep 1895, Q'land., m. 28 Feb 1918, Q'land., bur. 10 Dec 1976, Hemmant Cemetery, par. Adolf Albert Dodt and Auguste Fredericke Wilhelmina Weier |--2-Selma Emilie Auguste Schulz b. 19 Feb 1893, d. 3 May 1981, (Evergreen, Queensland, Australia) | +Albert Wilhelm Janke b. 21 Dec 1889, m. 1 Jun 1911, Q'land., d. 19 Feb 1973, (Evergreen, Q), par. Carl Friedrick Wilhelm Janke and Ida Fredericke Wilhelmine Born |--2-Friederich Hermann Carl Schulz b. 30 Sep 1894, d. 19 Apr 1972, (Ropeley Luth.) | + Minna Wessling b. 1 Jul 1904, Q'land., m. 25 Jul 1923, Q'land., d. 5 Nov 1993, (Ropeley Immanuel Lutheran), par. Carl Friedrich Wessling and Hermine Auguste Emilie Jeschke | |--3-Arnold Victor (Arnie) Schulz b. 18 Aug 1931, d. 21 Dec 2007, (Ropeley Cemetery, Q'land.) |--2-Paul Carl Wilhelm Schulz b. 3 Feb 1897, d. 3 Jul 1984, (Ropeley Luth.) + Minna Matilda Steinhardt b. 8 Jul 1911, m. 15 Feb 1939, Q'land., d. 30 Jan 1987, (Ropeley Luth.), par. Franz Carl Steinhardt and Bertha Auguste Henriette Kleidon ---------------------------------------- Make the switch to the world's best email. Get the new Yahoo!7 Mail now. www.yahoo7.com.au/worldsbestemail