Herbert H. Schilling, 93, a lifelong resident of Livingston, N.J., passed away on Sunday, February 16, 2020.
He was born to Henrietta and Charles J. Schilling. Herbert served his country proudly in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Pacific Theater as a sergeant field medic. He proudly served his community as a lifelong member of the Livingston Volunteer Fire Department. He was a charter member of the Livingston First Aid Squad, and a volunteer with the Madison First Aid Squad back in the 1950s.
As a successful entrepreneur, in 1964 Herbert founded Mendham Plywood and Building Products in Mendham, N.J., and developed and expanded the business into a flourishing lumberyard and building supply company.
Through the years, he served the Mendham community as president of the Mendham Rotary Club, with ongoing support to the many organizations in the Borough of Mendham. He loved working on his Model T and Model A Ford pick-up trucks, and drove and displayed them in the Mendham Labor Day Parade for many years.
In all his years, he loved the seashore, where he spent time with his family and friends, making many memories with his wife and children. He was a gifted carpenter, builder and craftsman, with too many talents to name.
Herbert shared his love for hunting with his family through the years, and went on many hunting trips with all his children and their families.
Gardening was a passion as well. He always started all his plants from seed in the early spring to have an amazing bounty of tomatoes and many other vegetables that he always shared with family and friends.
Spending time with all his grandchildren, he loved to bake cookies and apple pies, making many wonderful memories with them.
As a husband, father, grandfather and friend, he was the pillar of strength, love and support throughout our lives. May he rest in peace.
Herbert was the beloved husband of the late Genevieve Schilling; the loving father of Deborah Jan Schilling of Oxford, Maine; Jan Barbara McCrystal and her husband, William; and Herbert Harold Schilling Jr. and his wife, Jennifer; and the cherished grandfather of Noelle R. Schilling, Jacob L. Schilling, Audrey H. Schilling, and William H. W. McCrystal. He was the dear brother of Robert Schilling and his wife, Pat, and Barbara Van Arsdale and her husband, Bill. He was predeceased by his siblings, Dorothy Rimelis and her husband, Ed; Ruth Lovenguth and her husband, Fred;
