THOMAS F. SHULER DIES
HE HAD OPERATED PHARMACY
AT 45TH-STATE LINE SINCE 1918
Formerly He Was on State Board
and Headed Retail Druggists
Association of Greater
Kansas City.
Thomas F. Shuler, a longtime druggist, died yesterday [Oct. 15, 1952] in his apartment above his drug store at Forty-fifth street and State Line road. He was 83.
A son, Fred E. Shuler, 4911 Liberty
street, said the body was found about 2 o’clock by messenger who took a lunch to the apartment. Death apparently was caused by a heart attack.
Mr. Shuler established the shop,
Shuler’s Prescription store, in 1919 and had operated it continuously. In the late ’20s, he established drug stores at four other locations in Kansas City and sold them a few years later.
A Neighborhood Favorite.
Mr. Shuler was one of the best known figures in his neighborhood. Almost everyone considered him a friend and called him Pop, a name he cherished.
In 1932 he was appointed a member of the Missouri State Board of Pharmacy and served two years. He was president of Retail Druggists Association Kansas City from 1930 to 1934.
Mr. Shuler was born at Stamps, Ark., attended elementary and preparatory school and then enrolled in the University of Arkansas as a medical student. He taught school before entering the university and returned home to teach between terms. His father was a Baptist minister and farmer.
After completing the study of pharmacy in connection his medical course, Mr. Shuler decided to become a druggist instead of a doctor and in 1894 bought a drug store near the university campus in Fayetteville. The shop became a favorite visiting place for students and the section still is known as Shulertown. While at school he became president of the Arkansas State Christion Endeavor Society and was a member of the Christian Church at Fayetteville.
Moved Here About 1910.
In 1906 Mr. Shuler moved to Denver, where he worked two years, and then went to Colorado Springs, Colo. He moved to Kansas Citv about 1910 and worked as a pharmacist first at the Federmann Drug store, then at Ninth and Main streets, and later at the Brecklein Drug store before he established his own business.
The son. Fred E. Shuler, and Mrs. Shuler assisted him in the store. Mrs. Shuler died in 1943.
In recent vears Mr. Shuler compiled notes on the early days of the drug business in Kansas City and had hoped to write a history of pharmacy here. In 1951 he was awarded a plaque by the Three Ds club in recognition of his long service.
He had been a member of the Masonic Lodge at Fayetteville fifty-six years.
A daughter, Miss Maurine Shuler, New Orleans, also survives.
— The Kansas City Times, Oct. 16, 1952, page 23.
Death Claims Druggist Thomas F. Shuler Of Kansas City, Former Resident Here
In a story on the death of Thomas F. Shuler of Kansas City. the Kansas City Times spoke of him as “one of the best known figures in his neighborhood. Al- most everyone considered him a friend and called him Pop, a name he cherished.”
Mr. Shuler died in his apartment over his drug store on October 15. He was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Affie Shuler of Fayetteville, and formerly lived here. The downtown Dickson Street area in Fayetteville is called Shulertown,
In 1932 he was appointed a member of the Missouri State Board of Pharmacy, and served for two years. He was president of the Retail Druggists Association of Greater Kansas City from 1930 to 1934.
He was born at Stamps, Ark., and enrolled in the University as a pre-med student. He decided to become a druggist instead of a doctor, and in 1894 bought a drug store near the University campus, which became a favorite visiting place for students. While in school, he became a member of the Arkansas State Christian Endeavor Society, and was a member of the Christian Church in Fayctteville.
In 1906 he moved to Denver, then Colorado Springs, and to Kansas City in 1010, where he established several drug stores in the course of the years, but later sold all but one. He had been a member of the Masonic lodge in Fayetteville for 36 years.
He is survived by a son, Fred I. Shuler of Kansas City, and a daughter, Miss Maurine Shuler of New Orleans. Funeral services were held Saturday.
— Northwest Arkansas Times, Oct. 20, 1952, page 6.
Fred Shuler, Former Resident Here, Dies
Word has been received here by Mrs. Affie Shuler, of the death of her brother-in-law, Fred Shuler, who died unexpectedly of a heart attack last night in Kansas City, where he lived. He was the last of four brothers for whom Shulertown, the Dickson Street area here, was named. He resided here for many years and was operator of a drug store on Dickson Street. Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m., Saturday at the Gates Funeral Home in Kansas City.
— Northwest Arkansas Times, Oct. 16, 1952, page 3
Further Notes
Thomas Fredrick Shuler was born Oct. 4, 1869. He married Ethel Sedwick on April 4, 1900. He is buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Kansas City.