Obituary of James (Jim) Edward Schilb
By Ronald E. Schilb, eldest son
b. 28 Jul 1924 in the house of his uncle John W. Mutti to his parents, Sylvester Earl Schilb and Myrtle Genevieve Curtis. James was the middle child of his parents being preceded by Robert Earl and Warren Curtis and succeeded by Hubert Loring and Jeanne' Virginia. All of his family preceded him in death. James married Margaret Blackburn Winn on 10 Sep 1949 in the bride's home in Marshall, MO. They had 5 children, two boys and 3 chosen girls. Ronald E. (Audrey) and Allen E. are of Kettering, OH, Angel M. (Matt) Wasmund is of McComb, MI, Sharon A. of Harriman, TN, and Judy L. of Pontiac, MI. James has 5 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
Jim was born near Montserrat, Johnson Co., MO. Later after the family moved near Marshall, MO; Jim graduated from Marshall HS (1942), and played on the football team that went on to be the conference champion. He graduated from the U of MO, Columbia with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1950. His college career was interrupted by WWII where he served in the Army Infantry Reconnaissance 84 division (Rail-splitters); seeing action in the Battle of the Bulge, earning his marksmen badge and the rank of corporal; he carried the Browning Automatic Rifle in his platoon and worked the type writer during his time at Headquarters during the occupation army. As required by his CO, all the men in 84th division took the officer candidacy test and Jim received the highest score on the test in his whole company. However, he preferred to be an Indian; rather than a chief leaving the army after serving 2 yrs and 2 months.
Jim's first job after college was installing Reed Pizza Ovens at night, and traveling in KS, MO, and IA. Shortly after Ronald's birth he began working at Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac as lead designer helping to make improvements on F104 fighter jets. After the Korean War ended, he and Margaret sold their house in Crestview, N. KC and moved the two boys to Kettering, OH. Jim had accepted a job designing home products at Frigidaire. After a year and a half, he jumped ship to Dayton's most famous company, National Cash Register. Jim worked there for nearly 16 years. In 1972 Jim and Margaret moved themselves and the girls to Pontiac, MI where Jim worked for (CPI) Computer Peripherals Incorporated. During their whole time in Dayton, Jim and Margaret attended Grace United Methodist Church. When they left Dayton they left many dear friends. After about 6 years in Pontiac, Margaret's health began to decline and Jim became her caregiver until her death on 17 Apr 2007.
Jim was a 13 gallon blood donor that means he donated 104 times and if you wait 8 weeks in between donations it would take 16 years to do this. This is an example of the kind of person he was. He was not flashy, but he was steady and kind. He was always willing to serve on the Administrative board at church, count the money after church services, and he served as an usher also. His whole life he weighted 183 lbs. the same weight he was when he left the service. He never complained about the food that my mother served, we always had vegetables at the evening meal and when Margaret became ill he cooked, and prepared his own meals and helped her with every problem that she had. At the end he was feeding her 4 times a day, getting up in the middle of the night to feed her liquid nutrition through a peg tube. He and Margaret opened their hearts and home to their three daughters. They attended their activities and took them to church with them.
Jim had many hobbies over the years, he completed many paint by the number canvases when young. He collected stamps beginning with a German stamp collection that he dug out of the mud during his time in Germany while in the army. Jim was a regular bowler, having his own ball; and carrying a 170 average. His high game was a 242. He liked to complete jig saw puzzles which prompted his daughters to get him a 1000 piece puzzle that was all yellow and he completed it! Jim was the best father and one of the kindest men anyone could know, always present and supportive of his children and their activities. If there was a passion that he had, it was genealogy. Jim loved numbers and his personal quest was to find and record all the genealogy he could obtain from both his parents and Margaret's parents. His work was the inspiration for the Beutler-Andreas Book by Gary Bettcher and he contributed to Glenn Mutti's "Mutti Family" book. He never recorded the stories or the places where the events occurred he left that for his son Ronald to complete.
Having grown up on a farm Jim learned how to repair and fix things and how to be self -sufficient. Over the years Jim built a garage for our first house, and he famously put up a picket fence around our back yard in Kansas City only to have Ronald climb over the first section between the first two posts he placed. In our house on Viewland Terrace he finished the basement and created the shower and bathroom in the basement. He helped Don Young completely wire his family's Lake Shawnee house and after our family moved to 1712 Catalpa Drive from 5383 Viewland Terrace, we completely redecorated the house and with Ron's help he completely rewired the house that had been built around 1910.
Jim had some surprising skills and lacked others. He was good on the baseball field, but he had no tennis skills as his sons did. He was known to best others in a push up contest when he was young. His diving skills were amazing. He was able to do a 1 and ½ flip off the high dive and he could do a hand-stand on the high board and then push off into a flip. He had little skill on the basketball court, but when it came to shooting, he amazed us all at scout camp by hitting 7 clay pigeons in a row. It is likely he could have continued. This was with a gun he had not shot before.
Amazingly Jim returned from the war without any injuries other than psychological ones. He participated in scouting activities as an adult leader even though he confessed that he could not sleep outside since if reminded him of the war. When asked if he received his scars, broken finger, and missing tooth during the war he confessed that all those injuries were received on the farm while growing up. The missing tooth was obtained while playing over easy with a croquet ball over the chicken coop with his brother Hubert. The scars on his arm were from falling out of a tree onto a barbed wire fence, and the broken finger was from a piece of farm machinery.
Jim was the dare devil of his family. Upon completion of the new windmill on the farm near Marshall, Jim immediately climbed to the top and stood on the gear-box holding on to one of the paddles to survey his new kingdom. He was the child who fell out of the second story window and survived the fall unscathed. When his mother ran to recover him from this incident she asked him "Jimmy are you all right?" He answered a resounding "No, I'm crying aren't I." In addition, he was also the child who knocked himself unconscious 'skinning the cat' on the pipe railing to the basement concrete steps. His brother Warren reported him dead since as he said "I kicked him and he didn't move!" Jim was always Mr. Routine, he got up at 6 and went to bed at 8 after watching 'Wheel of Fortune' and 'Jeopardy'. He always ate breakfast, lunch, & dinner. He also ate the main meal and he always ate his vegetables. His favorite pie was blueberry, he loved liver and onions, banana ice cream, and his favorite cake was German Chocolate with coconut icing. The only food I remember him not liking was fried bananas! When asked what he wanted to eat the response was always "Whatever"! The tooth replacement was mom's condition of marriage.
The children of James E. Schilb will be available to greet attendees prior to the service for 45 minutes at Grace UMC 1001 Harvard Blvd., Dayton, OH 45406 (This is the large gray stone tudor church at the corner of Salem Ave. and Harvard Blvd.). This is the church Jim, Margaret, and family attended while they were in Dayton, OH. The memorial Service begins at 11:00 am. Visit us before the memorial service if you are not attending the luncheon at Christ UMC.
Reservations are required for the luncheon with the number of attendees. This will be a pot luck luncheon {the family will provide the meat} at the picnic shelter behind the church at 3440 Shroyer Rd., Kettering, OH 45429. Two entrances are available one off Isaac Prugh north of the church and the other off Lincoln Park south of the church. This is the large church just across Shroyer Rd. from Fairmont HS. We will convene at the shelter about 12:30. If you are attending the luncheon there will be time to visit then. If you are only attending the memorial service please visit us prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, donations in James' honor may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
By Ronald E. Schilb, eldest son
b. 28 Jul 1924 in the house of his uncle John W. Mutti to his parents, Sylvester Earl Schilb and Myrtle Genevieve Curtis. James was the middle child of his parents being preceded by Robert Earl and Warren Curtis and succeeded by Hubert Loring and Jeanne' Virginia. All of his family preceded him in death. James married Margaret Blackburn Winn on 10 Sep 1949 in the bride's home in Marshall, MO. They had 5 children, two boys and 3 chosen girls. Ronald E. (Audrey) and Allen E. are of Kettering, OH, Angel M. (Matt) Wasmund is of McComb, MI, Sharon A. of Harriman, TN, and Judy L. of Pontiac, MI. James has 5 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
Jim was born near Montserrat, Johnson Co., MO. Later after the family moved near Marshall, MO; Jim graduated from Marshall HS (1942), and played on the football team that went on to be the conference champion. He graduated from the U of MO, Columbia with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1950. His college career was interrupted by WWII where he served in the Army Infantry Reconnaissance 84 division (Rail-splitters); seeing action in the Battle of the Bulge, earning his marksmen badge and the rank of corporal; he carried the Browning Automatic Rifle in his platoon and worked the type writer during his time at Headquarters during the occupation army. As required by his CO, all the men in 84th division took the officer candidacy test and Jim received the highest score on the test in his whole company. However, he preferred to be an Indian; rather than a chief leaving the army after serving 2 yrs and 2 months.
Jim's first job after college was installing Reed Pizza Ovens at night, and traveling in KS, MO, and IA. Shortly after Ronald's birth he began working at Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac as lead designer helping to make improvements on F104 fighter jets. After the Korean War ended, he and Margaret sold their house in Crestview, N. KC and moved the two boys to Kettering, OH. Jim had accepted a job designing home products at Frigidaire. After a year and a half, he jumped ship to Dayton's most famous company, National Cash Register. Jim worked there for nearly 16 years. In 1972 Jim and Margaret moved themselves and the girls to Pontiac, MI where Jim worked for (CPI) Computer Peripherals Incorporated. During their whole time in Dayton, Jim and Margaret attended Grace United Methodist Church. When they left Dayton they left many dear friends. After about 6 years in Pontiac, Margaret's health began to decline and Jim became her caregiver until her death on 17 Apr 2007.
Jim was a 13 gallon blood donor that means he donated 104 times and if you wait 8 weeks in between donations it would take 16 years to do this. This is an example of the kind of person he was. He was not flashy, but he was steady and kind. He was always willing to serve on the Administrative board at church, count the money after church services, and he served as an usher also. His whole life he weighted 183 lbs. the same weight he was when he left the service. He never complained about the food that my mother served, we always had vegetables at the evening meal and when Margaret became ill he cooked, and prepared his own meals and helped her with every problem that she had. At the end he was feeding her 4 times a day, getting up in the middle of the night to feed her liquid nutrition through a peg tube. He and Margaret opened their hearts and home to their three daughters. They attended their activities and took them to church with them.
Jim had many hobbies over the years, he completed many paint by the number canvases when young. He collected stamps beginning with a German stamp collection that he dug out of the mud during his time in Germany while in the army. Jim was a regular bowler, having his own ball; and carrying a 170 average. His high game was a 242. He liked to complete jig saw puzzles which prompted his daughters to get him a 1000 piece puzzle that was all yellow and he completed it! Jim was the best father and one of the kindest men anyone could know, always present and supportive of his children and their activities. If there was a passion that he had, it was genealogy. Jim loved numbers and his personal quest was to find and record all the genealogy he could obtain from both his parents and Margaret's parents. His work was the inspiration for the Beutler-Andreas Book by Gary Bettcher and he contributed to Glenn Mutti's "Mutti Family" book. He never recorded the stories or the places where the events occurred he left that for his son Ronald to complete.
Having grown up on a farm Jim learned how to repair and fix things and how to be self -sufficient. Over the years Jim built a garage for our first house, and he famously put up a picket fence around our back yard in Kansas City only to have Ronald climb over the first section between the first two posts he placed. In our house on Viewland Terrace he finished the basement and created the shower and bathroom in the basement. He helped Don Young completely wire his family's Lake Shawnee house and after our family moved to 1712 Catalpa Drive from 5383 Viewland Terrace, we completely redecorated the house and with Ron's help he completely rewired the house that had been built around 1910.
Jim had some surprising skills and lacked others. He was good on the baseball field, but he had no tennis skills as his sons did. He was known to best others in a push up contest when he was young. His diving skills were amazing. He was able to do a 1 and ½ flip off the high dive and he could do a hand-stand on the high board and then push off into a flip. He had little skill on the basketball court, but when it came to shooting, he amazed us all at scout camp by hitting 7 clay pigeons in a row. It is likely he could have continued. This was with a gun he had not shot before.
Amazingly Jim returned from the war without any injuries other than psychological ones. He participated in scouting activities as an adult leader even though he confessed that he could not sleep outside since if reminded him of the war. When asked if he received his scars, broken finger, and missing tooth during the war he confessed that all those injuries were received on the farm while growing up. The missing tooth was obtained while playing over easy with a croquet ball over the chicken coop with his brother Hubert. The scars on his arm were from falling out of a tree onto a barbed wire fence, and the broken finger was from a piece of farm machinery.
Jim was the dare devil of his family. Upon completion of the new windmill on the farm near Marshall, Jim immediately climbed to the top and stood on the gear-box holding on to one of the paddles to survey his new kingdom. He was the child who fell out of the second story window and survived the fall unscathed. When his mother ran to recover him from this incident she asked him "Jimmy are you all right?" He answered a resounding "No, I'm crying aren't I." In addition, he was also the child who knocked himself unconscious 'skinning the cat' on the pipe railing to the basement concrete steps. His brother Warren reported him dead since as he said "I kicked him and he didn't move!" Jim was always Mr. Routine, he got up at 6 and went to bed at 8 after watching 'Wheel of Fortune' and 'Jeopardy'. He always ate breakfast, lunch, & dinner. He also ate the main meal and he always ate his vegetables. His favorite pie was blueberry, he loved liver and onions, banana ice cream, and his favorite cake was German Chocolate with coconut icing. The only food I remember him not liking was fried bananas! When asked what he wanted to eat the response was always "Whatever"! The tooth replacement was mom's condition of marriage.
The children of James E. Schilb will be available to greet attendees prior to the service for 45 minutes at Grace UMC 1001 Harvard Blvd., Dayton, OH 45406 (This is the large gray stone tudor church at the corner of Salem Ave. and Harvard Blvd.). This is the church Jim, Margaret, and family attended while they were in Dayton, OH. The memorial Service begins at 11:00 am. Visit us before the memorial service if you are not attending the luncheon at Christ UMC.
Reservations are required for the luncheon with the number of attendees. This will be a pot luck luncheon {the family will provide the meat} at the picnic shelter behind the church at 3440 Shroyer Rd., Kettering, OH 45429. Two entrances are available one off Isaac Prugh north of the church and the other off Lincoln Park south of the church. This is the large church just across Shroyer Rd. from Fairmont HS. We will convene at the shelter about 12:30. If you are attending the luncheon there will be time to visit then. If you are only attending the memorial service please visit us prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, donations in James' honor may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
Obituary of James (Jim) Edward Schilb
By Ronald E. Schilb, eldest son
b. 28 Jul 1924 in the house of his uncle John W. Mutti to his parents, Sylvester Earl Schilb and Myrtle Genevieve Curtis. James was the middle child of his parents being preceded by Robert Earl and Warren Curtis and succeeded by Hubert Loring and Jeanne' Virginia. All of his family preceded him in death. James married Margaret Blackburn Winn on 10 Sep 1949 in the bride's home in Marshall, MO. They had 5 children, two boys and 3 chosen girls. Ronald E. (Audrey) and Allen E. are of Kettering, OH, Angel M. (Matt) Wasmund is of McComb, MI, Sharon A. of Harriman, TN, and Judy L. of Pontiac, MI. James has 5 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
Jim was born near Montserrat, Johnson Co., MO. Later after the family moved near Marshall, MO; Jim graduated from Marshall HS (1942), and played on the football team that went on to be the conference champion. He graduated from the U of MO, Columbia with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1950. His college career was interrupted by WWII where he served in the Army Infantry Reconnaissance 84 division (Rail-splitters); seeing action in the Battle of the Bulge, earning his marksmen badge and the rank of corporal; he carried the Browning Automatic Rifle in his platoon and worked the type writer during his time at Headquarters during the occupation army. As required by his CO, all the men in 84th division took the officer candidacy test and Jim received the highest score on the test in his whole company. However, he preferred to be an Indian; rather than a chief leaving the army after serving 2 yrs and 2 months.
Jim's first job after college was installing Reed Pizza Ovens at night, and traveling in KS, MO, and IA. Shortly after Ronald's birth he began working at Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac as lead designer helping to make improvements on F104 fighter jets. After the Korean War ended, he and Margaret sold their house in Crestview, N. KC and moved the two boys to Kettering, OH. Jim had accepted a job designing home products at Frigidaire. After a year and a half, he jumped ship to Dayton's most famous company, National Cash Register. Jim worked there for nearly 16 years. In 1972 Jim and Margaret moved themselves and the girls to Pontiac, MI where Jim worked for (CPI) Computer Peripherals Incorporated. During their whole time in Dayton, Jim and Margaret attended Grace United Methodist Church. When they left Dayton they left many dear friends. After about 6 years in Pontiac, Margaret's health began to decline and Jim became her caregiver until her death on 17 Apr 2007.
Jim was a 13 gallon blood donor that means he donated 104 times and if you wait 8 weeks in between donations it would take 16 years to do this. This is an example of the kind of person he was. He was not flashy, but he was steady and kind. He was always willing to serve on the Administrative board at church, count the money after church services, and he served as an usher also. His whole life he weighted 183 lbs. the same weight he was when he left the service. He never complained about the food that my mother served, we always had vegetables at the evening meal and when Margaret became ill he cooked, and prepared his own meals and helped her with every problem that she had. At the end he was feeding her 4 times a day, getting up in the middle of the night to feed her liquid nutrition through a peg tube. He and Margaret opened their hearts and home to their three daughters. They attended their activities and took them to church with them.
Jim had many hobbies over the years, he completed many paint by the number canvases when young. He collected stamps beginning with a German stamp collection that he dug out of the mud during his time in Germany while in the army. Jim was a regular bowler, having his own ball; and carrying a 170 average. His high game was a 242. He liked to complete jig saw puzzles which prompted his daughters to get him a 1000 piece puzzle that was all yellow and he completed it! Jim was the best father and one of the kindest men anyone could know, always present and supportive of his children and their activities. If there was a passion that he had, it was genealogy. Jim loved numbers and his personal quest was to find and record all the genealogy he could obtain from both his parents and Margaret's parents. His work was the inspiration for the Beutler-Andreas Book by Gary Bettcher and he contributed to Glenn Mutti's "Mutti Family" book. He never recorded the stories or the places where the events occurred he left that for his son Ronald to complete.
Having grown up on a farm Jim learned how to repair and fix things and how to be self -sufficient. Over the years Jim built a garage for our first house, and he famously put up a picket fence around our back yard in Kansas City only to have Ronald climb over the first section between the first two posts he placed. In our house on Viewland Terrace he finished the basement and created the shower and bathroom in the basement. He helped Don Young completely wire his family's Lake Shawnee house and after our family moved to 1712 Catalpa Drive from 5383 Viewland Terrace, we completely redecorated the house and with Ron's help he completely rewired the house that had been built around 1910.
Jim had some surprising skills and lacked others. He was good on the baseball field, but he had no tennis skills as his sons did. He was known to best others in a push up contest when he was young. His diving skills were amazing. He was able to do a 1 and ½ flip off the high dive and he could do a hand-stand on the high board and then push off into a flip. He had little skill on the basketball court, but when it came to shooting, he amazed us all at scout camp by hitting 7 clay pigeons in a row. It is likely he could have continued. This was with a gun he had not shot before.
Amazingly Jim returned from the war without any injuries other than psychological ones. He participated in scouting activities as an adult leader even though he confessed that he could not sleep outside since if reminded him of the war. When asked if he received his scars, broken finger, and missing tooth during the war he confessed that all those injuries were received on the farm while growing up. The missing tooth was obtained while playing over easy with a croquet ball over the chicken coop with his brother Hubert. The scars on his arm were from falling out of a tree onto a barbed wire fence, and the broken finger was from a piece of farm machinery.
Jim was the dare devil of his family. Upon completion of the new windmill on the farm near Marshall, Jim immediately climbed to the top and stood on the gear-box holding on to one of the paddles to survey his new kingdom. He was the child who fell out of the second story window and survived the fall unscathed. When his mother ran to recover him from this incident she asked him "Jimmy are you all right?" He answered a resounding "No, I'm crying aren't I." In addition, he was also the child who knocked himself unconscious 'skinning the cat' on the pipe railing to the basement concrete steps. His brother Warren reported him dead since as he said "I kicked him and he didn't move!" Jim was always Mr. Routine, he got up at 6 and went to bed at 8 after watching 'Wheel of Fortune' and 'Jeopardy'. He always ate breakfast, lunch, & dinner. He also ate the main meal and he always ate his vegetables. His favorite pie was blueberry, he loved liver and onions, banana ice cream, and his favorite cake was German Chocolate with coconut icing. The only food I remember him not liking was fried bananas! When asked what he wanted to eat the response was always "Whatever"! The tooth replacement was mom's condition of marriage.
The children of James E. Schilb will be available to greet attendees prior to the service for 45 minutes at Grace UMC 1001 Harvard Blvd., Dayton, OH 45406 (This is the large gray stone tudor church at the corner of Salem Ave. and Harvard Blvd.). This is the church Jim, Margaret, and family attended while they were in Dayton, OH. The memorial Service begins at 11:00 am. Visit us before the memorial service if you are not attending the luncheon at Christ UMC.
Reservations are required for the luncheon with the number of attendees. This will be a pot luck luncheon {the family will provide the meat} at the picnic shelter behind the church at 3440 Shroyer Rd., Kettering, OH 45429. Two entrances are available one off Isaac Prugh north of the church and the other off Lincoln Park south of the church. This is the large church just across Shroyer Rd. from Fairmont HS. We will convene at the shelter about 12:30. If you are attending the luncheon there will be time to visit then. If you are only attending the memorial service please visit us prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, donations in James' honor may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
By Ronald E. Schilb, eldest son
b. 28 Jul 1924 in the house of his uncle John W. Mutti to his parents, Sylvester Earl Schilb and Myrtle Genevieve Curtis. James was the middle child of his parents being preceded by Robert Earl and Warren Curtis and succeeded by Hubert Loring and Jeanne' Virginia. All of his family preceded him in death. James married Margaret Blackburn Winn on 10 Sep 1949 in the bride's home in Marshall, MO. They had 5 children, two boys and 3 chosen girls. Ronald E. (Audrey) and Allen E. are of Kettering, OH, Angel M. (Matt) Wasmund is of McComb, MI, Sharon A. of Harriman, TN, and Judy L. of Pontiac, MI. James has 5 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
Jim was born near Montserrat, Johnson Co., MO. Later after the family moved near Marshall, MO; Jim graduated from Marshall HS (1942), and played on the football team that went on to be the conference champion. He graduated from the U of MO, Columbia with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1950. His college career was interrupted by WWII where he served in the Army Infantry Reconnaissance 84 division (Rail-splitters); seeing action in the Battle of the Bulge, earning his marksmen badge and the rank of corporal; he carried the Browning Automatic Rifle in his platoon and worked the type writer during his time at Headquarters during the occupation army. As required by his CO, all the men in 84th division took the officer candidacy test and Jim received the highest score on the test in his whole company. However, he preferred to be an Indian; rather than a chief leaving the army after serving 2 yrs and 2 months.
Jim's first job after college was installing Reed Pizza Ovens at night, and traveling in KS, MO, and IA. Shortly after Ronald's birth he began working at Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac as lead designer helping to make improvements on F104 fighter jets. After the Korean War ended, he and Margaret sold their house in Crestview, N. KC and moved the two boys to Kettering, OH. Jim had accepted a job designing home products at Frigidaire. After a year and a half, he jumped ship to Dayton's most famous company, National Cash Register. Jim worked there for nearly 16 years. In 1972 Jim and Margaret moved themselves and the girls to Pontiac, MI where Jim worked for (CPI) Computer Peripherals Incorporated. During their whole time in Dayton, Jim and Margaret attended Grace United Methodist Church. When they left Dayton they left many dear friends. After about 6 years in Pontiac, Margaret's health began to decline and Jim became her caregiver until her death on 17 Apr 2007.
Jim was a 13 gallon blood donor that means he donated 104 times and if you wait 8 weeks in between donations it would take 16 years to do this. This is an example of the kind of person he was. He was not flashy, but he was steady and kind. He was always willing to serve on the Administrative board at church, count the money after church services, and he served as an usher also. His whole life he weighted 183 lbs. the same weight he was when he left the service. He never complained about the food that my mother served, we always had vegetables at the evening meal and when Margaret became ill he cooked, and prepared his own meals and helped her with every problem that she had. At the end he was feeding her 4 times a day, getting up in the middle of the night to feed her liquid nutrition through a peg tube. He and Margaret opened their hearts and home to their three daughters. They attended their activities and took them to church with them.
Jim had many hobbies over the years, he completed many paint by the number canvases when young. He collected stamps beginning with a German stamp collection that he dug out of the mud during his time in Germany while in the army. Jim was a regular bowler, having his own ball; and carrying a 170 average. His high game was a 242. He liked to complete jig saw puzzles which prompted his daughters to get him a 1000 piece puzzle that was all yellow and he completed it! Jim was the best father and one of the kindest men anyone could know, always present and supportive of his children and their activities. If there was a passion that he had, it was genealogy. Jim loved numbers and his personal quest was to find and record all the genealogy he could obtain from both his parents and Margaret's parents. His work was the inspiration for the Beutler-Andreas Book by Gary Bettcher and he contributed to Glenn Mutti's "Mutti Family" book. He never recorded the stories or the places where the events occurred he left that for his son Ronald to complete.
Having grown up on a farm Jim learned how to repair and fix things and how to be self -sufficient. Over the years Jim built a garage for our first house, and he famously put up a picket fence around our back yard in Kansas City only to have Ronald climb over the first section between the first two posts he placed. In our house on Viewland Terrace he finished the basement and created the shower and bathroom in the basement. He helped Don Young completely wire his family's Lake Shawnee house and after our family moved to 1712 Catalpa Drive from 5383 Viewland Terrace, we completely redecorated the house and with Ron's help he completely rewired the house that had been built around 1910.
Jim had some surprising skills and lacked others. He was good on the baseball field, but he had no tennis skills as his sons did. He was known to best others in a push up contest when he was young. His diving skills were amazing. He was able to do a 1 and ½ flip off the high dive and he could do a hand-stand on the high board and then push off into a flip. He had little skill on the basketball court, but when it came to shooting, he amazed us all at scout camp by hitting 7 clay pigeons in a row. It is likely he could have continued. This was with a gun he had not shot before.
Amazingly Jim returned from the war without any injuries other than psychological ones. He participated in scouting activities as an adult leader even though he confessed that he could not sleep outside since if reminded him of the war. When asked if he received his scars, broken finger, and missing tooth during the war he confessed that all those injuries were received on the farm while growing up. The missing tooth was obtained while playing over easy with a croquet ball over the chicken coop with his brother Hubert. The scars on his arm were from falling out of a tree onto a barbed wire fence, and the broken finger was from a piece of farm machinery.
Jim was the dare devil of his family. Upon completion of the new windmill on the farm near Marshall, Jim immediately climbed to the top and stood on the gear-box holding on to one of the paddles to survey his new kingdom. He was the child who fell out of the second story window and survived the fall unscathed. When his mother ran to recover him from this incident she asked him "Jimmy are you all right?" He answered a resounding "No, I'm crying aren't I." In addition, he was also the child who knocked himself unconscious 'skinning the cat' on the pipe railing to the basement concrete steps. His brother Warren reported him dead since as he said "I kicked him and he didn't move!" Jim was always Mr. Routine, he got up at 6 and went to bed at 8 after watching 'Wheel of Fortune' and 'Jeopardy'. He always ate breakfast, lunch, & dinner. He also ate the main meal and he always ate his vegetables. His favorite pie was blueberry, he loved liver and onions, banana ice cream, and his favorite cake was German Chocolate with coconut icing. The only food I remember him not liking was fried bananas! When asked what he wanted to eat the response was always "Whatever"! The tooth replacement was mom's condition of marriage.
The children of James E. Schilb will be available to greet attendees prior to the service for 45 minutes at Grace UMC 1001 Harvard Blvd., Dayton, OH 45406 (This is the large gray stone tudor church at the corner of Salem Ave. and Harvard Blvd.). This is the church Jim, Margaret, and family attended while they were in Dayton, OH. The memorial Service begins at 11:00 am. Visit us before the memorial service if you are not attending the luncheon at Christ UMC.
Reservations are required for the luncheon with the number of attendees. This will be a pot luck luncheon {the family will provide the meat} at the picnic shelter behind the church at 3440 Shroyer Rd., Kettering, OH 45429. Two entrances are available one off Isaac Prugh north of the church and the other off Lincoln Park south of the church. This is the large church just across Shroyer Rd. from Fairmont HS. We will convene at the shelter about 12:30. If you are attending the luncheon there will be time to visit then. If you are only attending the memorial service please visit us prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, donations in James' honor may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
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