The family didn't place notices in the local German papers, or the paper they used is not available for indexing. If he died from an accident or non-natural causes there could be a news clipping that I haven't indexed.
There are about 225 Scholz & Scholtz entries found in "Milwaukee's German Newspapers; an index of death notices and related items" (1844-1950). Some of the other names referenced with Scholz are Gronau Hoffmann Siefert Broetzmann Falkenstein Zuengler Kellner Schubert Werner Strauss Lossius Zanders Schwindheim Baum Burmeister Elmer Gesch Goetz Labude Nelezen Ribeth Scharf.

Gary Rebholz, originator/compiler/editor
Milwaukee Wis.
gary.rebholz@gmail.com
Indexing Milwaukee's German newspapers continuously since 2007... helping to access our historic German-American culture.