Robert F. "Bob" Schultz, 54, of Eldridge, died Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at Genesis West Medical Center, Davenport, after a five-year battle with cancer.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Ann Catholic Church, Long Grove, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church, where there will be a prayer service at 7 p.m.  Friends also may call after 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church.  The Halligan McCabe DeVries Funeral Home, Davenport, is in charge of arrangements.

He was born on June 30, 1948, in Moline, Ill., son of Francis Schultz and Eda (Arlen) Schultz.  He married Kathy Trowbridge on June 14, 1980, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Kieler, Wis.

He was employed as a quality engineer for John Deere Works, in Dubuque and Davenport.

Bob was a member of St. Ann Church; served on the Long Grove Park Board; and was an officer of the Long Grove Sportsmen Club.  He loved snowmobiling, baseball, the Packers and John Deere. He always took part in his children's activities and took great pride in his home and yard. He was a very devoted husband and father.

Surviving are his wife Kathy, sons Joe Schultz and Andy Schultz, and a daughter, Emily Schultz, all at home; his parents, Francis and Eda Schultz, of Dubuque; brothers Dan (Lois) Schultz of Asbury, Iowa, Jamie (Glen Ann) Schultz, of Lincoln, Neb.; brother-in-law, Mike Trowbridge, of Hazel Green, Wis., and Gary (Peggy) Trowbridge, of Kieler; a sister-in-law, Hatsumi (Lin) Trowbridge of Hazel Green; his father-in-law, Gordy (Mary Lou), of Kieler; and eight nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a son, Benjamin Schultz, in 1981; a brother-in-law, Steve Trowbridge, in 1999; and his mother-in-law, Rosemary Trowbridge, in 1991.

A Robert F. Schultz Memorial Fund has been established.