Leonard Joshua Schultz
1942 – 2025
Leonard Joshua Schultz passed away on February 15, 2025 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Leonard Joshua Schultz was born in New York City on December 21, 1942 to Lillian and David Schultz. He grew up with his brother, Alan Schultz, first in Brooklyn and later in Queens. Len graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering at Brooklyn Polytechnic. Later, also at Brooklyn, he completed the degree of Master of Science.
Len Married Rita Schultz on June 28, 1968. After living in Long Island, New York, they moved in 1973 to Holland, Pennsylvania. The house they built together remained their home thereafter. In this home, they raised their two children, Lauren and Aaron.
Len’s career spanned several decades amidst colossal changes in the electronics industry. His longest tenure was with Formation, Inc. His final job was at the Sarnoff Corporation, where he was able to bring to bear his cultivated multi-disciplined approach and experience in program management. He always approached his work with energy and logic. His attention to detail and concern for integrity were at the highest level. His peers universally enjoyed working with and learning from him. Long after retirement, Len professed a love of engineering and clearly looked fondly on his career in the profession.
Len’s set of hobbies and interests was broad. He was an avid runner and exerciser and cultivated a life-long desire to learn about the world. Always interested in music and medicine, he volunteered prodigiously at WXPN radio station and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The concerned citizen inside Len was a band parent, soccer coach, soccer referee, Contact helpline. Len and Rita were instrumental in the formation of the synagogue and its community Ohev Shalom. He was never one to sit on a static past, and instead always absorbed and participated in what is new and moving within the world.
Len Schultz was a fighter, always wanting the best from himself and the world around him. His intelligence brought him success in his endeavors. More than that, however, Len was profoundly human, full of emotional capacity and care for others.
Above all, Len was devoted to his family of Rita, Lauren, and Aaron. Len and his wife Rita dedicated the bulk of their efforts to raising their children Lauren and Aaron. Len’s dedication and care to his wife, children, and grandchildren never ceased.
He is survived by his wife, Rita Schultz; daughter, Lauren Cell; son, Aaron Schultz; daughter-in-law, Gina Argenti-Schultz; grandson, Johnathan Cell; grandson, Connor Cell; granddaughter, Clara Schultz; grandson, Benjamin Schultz.
Funeral services are 1:30 pm on Monday, February 17 at Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, 1534 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ. Burial will follow at Congregation Brothers of Israel Cemetery, 1100 Cedar Lane, Hamilton Township, NJ.
Family and friends are invited to a gathering at the family home in Holland, PA on Monday from 6:00pm – 9:00pm.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation.
For condolences: OrlandsMemorialChapel.com/Leonard-Schultz
Hindsight being 2020, and having a background in radio and electronics sales myself starting at 15 1/2 in the summer of 1977, junior high to high school, now there are so many things that I can think of that Len could’ve spoke of to the synagogue, a true Mench, and always grateful for our relationship, and the loving relationship that I always received from his family, wife Rita, at my synagogue, Congregation Brothers Of Israel in Newtown, Pennsylvania.
May his name be for a blessing, and I will be in attendance this afternoon and this evening.
Amen. 🙏