Lawrence Schillig

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Appeal Democrat Friday, November 29, 1940 Pg 1
Lawrence Schillig, Long A Sutter Leader, Taken By Illness at 71 Years
Lawrence Schillig, 71, native of Grimes, resident of Sutter county practically his entire 
life, serving as legislator, district attorney and city attorney of Yuba City, prominent in 
affairs of the Yuba City -Marysville community for many years, died at his Yuba City 
home at 5:15 am Friday. Schillig had been critically ill for several days, and the end was 
expected by family and friends. He was stricken the day before Thanksgiving with an 
aggravated recurrence of the heart ailment with which he had been afflicted for some 
time. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Lipp & Sullivan in Marysville Saturday 
at 3 pm followed by interment in Sutter City cemetery. Schillig was a member of a pioneer 
Sacramento family, his parents Mr and Mrs Paul Schillig having located on Grand Island, 
Colusa County, among the earliest settlers, in the 1850's. After finishing public school, 
Lawrence attended and graduated Pierce Christian college at College City, In 1889, then 
completed his education in Hastings Law School in San Francisco, being graduated in 
1892 and being immediately admitted to practice in the court of the state. He established 
himself in Yuba City, and worked there through the years, retired by advancing age.

Served In Assembly: As District Attorney
He was assemblyman from Yuba and Sutter Counties in 1900-1902, defeating H. P. Stabler. 
He was elected district attorney for Sutter county in 1902, defeating S. J. Stabler and 
served three terms, being defeated in 1914 by Arthur Coats. Following that he resumed 
private practice of law and built up an extensive clientele. He was city attorney at the time 
of and following the incorporation of Yuba City, which was in 1907. Schillig was prominent 
in the Masonic fraternity and in the community life of Yuba City and Marysville. He is 
survived by his wife, Jean Hough Schillig and two daughters, Mrs Dorothy Schillig Faoust 
and Mrs Elizabeth Schillig Schnereger, both of Los Angeles. A brother Frank Schillig of Los 
Altos and a sister, Mrs C. H. E. Hardin of Ocean Park, also survive him. Grandchildren are 
Mrs Jane Faust Easton of Rio Vista, John Faust, a student at Harvard University, Miss Judy 
Faust, and Bonnie Jewell Schnereger, both of Los Angeles. Fraternally, Schillig was affiliated 
with Enterprise Lodge No. 70, F and A. M. of Yuba City of which he was a past master, his 
membership covering 43 years and with Washington chapter, No 13, R. A. M. of Marysville. 
He was also a former member and past patron of Fidelia chapter, Order of Eastern Star.