Schulz foresees possibly expanding the number of organizations and causes, while maintaining their parents’ intent. For now, that means maintaining support to the more than dozen and a half organizations their parents helped annually. "You are trying to feel it out and figure out what’s the best way to do it," she said. Schulz describes their new role as similar to taking a new job. After Mary Anne passed away in 2008, Schulz and her sister, Trish Hilbert, became successor advisers. When Kirby passed away in 2002, Schulz helped her mother with the grantmaking. That interest lives on through their fund, which supports Catholic and central city schools like Nativity Jesuit Middle School, among other organizations. Mary Anne, a former teacher, and Kirby made sure their children had a Catholic education. One of those shared passions was education. They felt blessed and wanted to do something to provide ongoing support to their favorite organizations and causes. The couple created the Lawlis Family Fund in 1994 with money Kirby received from selling the Miller Brands distributorship he led for 11 years. Both were active at Mequon’s Lumen Christi Catholic Church. Mary Anne was a Girl Scout leader and regular fixture at her children’s sporting events. Kirby was a longtime member of the Knights of Columbus, a grade school basketball coach and one of the founders of Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful. Helping others was second nature to the couple, who met on a blind date in 1953 and married two years later. "They led by example," said Joanne Schulz, the eldest of the couple’s five children. The two have since passed away, but through their donor advised fund and the guidance of their children as successor advisers, the couple is leaving a legacy that keeps those values alive. Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Chile China Colombia Congo Congo-Brazzaville Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guinea Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Réunion Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre & Miquelon St.Couple’s generosity and values live on through charitable fundįaith, family and helping the less fortunate were fundamental values that shaped the lives of Kirby and Mary Anne Lawlis throughout their nearly 50 years of marriage.
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