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The Rev. Dr. Jacob Frank Schulman, 78, died Jan. 4, 2006 from cancer. He served at Arlington Street Church, Boston; and churches in Worcester, MA; Youngstown, OH; Emerson Unitarian Church in Houston, TX, where he was later Minister Emeritus; Horsham, England; and Huntsville, TX; and at Harris Manchester College, Oxford University. He was a prolific writer of books, pamphlets, and articles. He delivered the Berry Street Essay, 1981; Minns Lectures, 1982; and the Billings Lecture, 1983. Mr. Schulman also served in the U.S. Navy, World War II and the Korean War. He is survived by his wife Alice Southworth Schulman, and four children. A service was held January 8 at Emerson Unitarian Church.

The Rev. Philip Charles Schug, 91, died Nov. 18, 2005 after a long illness. He served congregations in San Antonio, TX; Urbana, IL; and Lincoln, NE, retiring in 1983. He is survived by two daughters, Mary Margaret Belk and Theeta Ann Paynter. His remains were scattered in his daughter’s vast field of bluebonnets in New Braumsuls, TX, near San Antonio. A memorial service for the Schugs was held Feb. 26, 2011 at the First UU Church of San Antonio.

The Rev. Dr. Ralph N. Schmidt, Sr., 94, died July 4, 2005 at the Presbyterian Home for Central New York. He served congregations in Herkimer and Utica, NY, where the UU Church of Utica named him minister emeritus in 1981. Previously, he taught at Maryville (WI) High School. He was a professor at Jamestown College in ND; Lafayette College in Easton, PA; and Syracuse University. Syracuse offered him a position to help establish a new college in Utica. Surviving are sons Ralph N., Jr. of Annandale, VA, and Carl E.D., Sr. of Sauquoit, NY; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. His wife, Wilda Delay, predeceased him in 2001.