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In the summer of 2007, one year before he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, Gregory Scott Stultz worked full-time at a summer day camp for the Clay County YMCA. During that summer, Stultz made a special effort to bring out the best in the camp's more than 100 kids.

"He was just so excited and eager to help," said Pam Fischer, director of the day camp and a longtime teacher at Jackson Township Elementary School, which Stultz and his siblings attended.

At the day camp, Stultz took it upon himself to talk to kids, especially those who seemed to need a little extra encouragement, Fischer said. He'd tell them to have hope for their futures and encourage them to be the best they could be, she said.

Gregory Stultz was captain of the Northview wrestling team and was also a member of the football team. After high school, Stultz earned a wrestling scholarship to Rend Lake Junior College, the obituary states.

"He loved his family and his siblings," said Peter Latrenta, director of the House of Hope, a Christian drug and alcohol rehabilitation mission in western Clay County. Stultz helped out and got to know people at the mission while a family member was employed there, he said.

Feb 19, 2010