1892 - 1968
Montana CPL Company F 13th Infantry
Wife - Emma C. (Schroeder) Schilling 1905 - 1985
John Schilling was drafted into the Army during World War I from Sumatra, Montana, where
he was homesteading land.
He was inducted at Fort Lewis, Washington July 4, 1918.
He was discharged with the rank of Corporal September 17, 1919.
Enlistment July 2, 1918
Discharge September 9, 1919
Departure May 23, 1919, at Brest, France
Arrival May 30, 1919 Arrival Place: Hoboken, New Jersey, on the U.S.S. Great Northern (AG-9)
Residence Cedar Bayou, Texas
Unit Ambulance Company 142, 111th Sanitary Train, 36th Division
Rank 1st Lieutenant, M.C.
Born December 10, 1892 Nosalem Township, Dubuque County, Iowa
Entered Into Rest November 7, 1968 at home, Aspinwall, Iowa
Age 75 years, 10 months, 27 days
Services Held At Ohde Funeral Home Manning, Iowa Saturday, November 9, 1968, 2 P.M.
Clergyman Rev. Robert Rushing Manning Presbyterian Church
Interment Manning Cemetery
Military Honors Casketbearers: CEREMONIAL SQUADS Manning, Iowa
American Legion Post No. 22
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3517
All friends and relatives are invited to return to the American Legion Club rooms for lunch and fellowship following the committal services.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning, with burial in the Manning Cemetery. The Rev. Robert G. Rushing, minister of the Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Military honors and pallbearers will be provided by the American Legion Post No. 22 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3517, both of Manning. Friends may call at Ohde Funeral Home starting at 4 p.m. Friday.
Mr. Schilling, son of Nick and Elizabeth (Girst) Schilling, was born December 10, 1892, in Mosalem Township, Dubuque County. He attended school in the Dubuque area and came to Crawford County as a young man. He homesteaded in Montana until entering military service, and after World War I, returned to the Aspinwall area where he farmed and also worked as a carpenter until his death.
His marriage to Emma Schroeder took place November 21, 1923.
Surviving with his wife are five sons, Alvin and Roy, at home; Robert, York, Nebraska; Dewey of Chester, Nebraska, and Ronald, of Aspinwall; two grandsons, David and Jeffrey Schilling; two sisters and a brother. Ten brothers and sisters preceded him in death.