Herbert H. Schilling Sr.

lifelong resident of Livingston,

N.J., passed away on Sunday,

Feb. 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 & 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 pickup

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 so many memories

with his wife and children.

He was a gifted carpenter,

builder and craftsman with too

many talents to name.

He 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. He

always started all his plants

from seed in the early spring to

have an amazing bounty of tomatoes

and so many other vegetables

that he always shared

with family and friends.

Spending time with his all

his grandchildren, he loved to

bake cookies and apple pies

making so 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; loving father of Deborah

Jan Schilling of Oxford,

Maine, Jan Barbara McCrystal

and her husband William, Herbert

Harold Schilling Jr and his

wife Jennifer; 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, Barbara Van Arsdale and

her husband Bill, and was

predeceased by siblings Dorothy

Rimelis and her husband

Ed, Ruth Lovenguth and her

husband Fred, and Charles

Schilling and his wife Marie.

Herbert also leaves behind

many loving nieces, nephews,

extended family and friends.

The family will receive relatives

and friends at the Quinn-

Hopping Funeral Home, 145 E.

Mt. Pleasant Ave., on Friday,

Feb. 21, from 4 to 7 p.m., followed

by a Fireman’s Service.

All family and friends are invited

to a service at the funeral

home at 10:30 a.m. Saturday,

Feb. 22, with burial to follow at

Hilltop Cemetery in Mendham.

In lieu of flowers, donations

may be made to the Livingston

Fire Department or the Livingston

First Aid