Obituaries: Dr. James Wallace Schonlau, 1980, Winn Parish, La.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 2, 1980 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Dr. Schonlau, Winn Native, Succumbs

Memorial services for Dr. James Schonlau, 66, of 1815 Pargoud Blvd., Monroe,
were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 29, 1979 in Mulhearn Funeral Home
Chapel in Monroe with the Rev. Harold Hughens officiating.

Dr. Schonlau died December 25 in Loma Linda Hospital in Loma Linda,
California.

He was a native of Winnfield, born May 22, 1913, and was a graduate of LSU
Medical School in New Orleans.  After receiving training at Charity
Hospital in Shreveport, and at the Lakey Clinic in Boston, Massachusetts,
he began practicing surgery in Monroe in 1947.

Dr. Schonlau was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Diplomat
of the American Board of Surgery and the American Surgeons.

Schonlau was a World War II fighter pilot with the 20th Air Force and received
the Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters and the Air medal
with five oak leaf clusters, while holding the rank of Lt. Colonel.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Ten Eyck Schonlau of Monroe; four
daughters, Dr. Elizabeth Wallace Schonlau of New Orleans, Mrs. Robert
Greisinger of Redlands, Calif., Mrs. Martha Simon of Monroe, and Mrs. Andre
LaGarde of Metairie; a sister, Mrs. Marjorie Russell of Minden; and two
grandchildren.

The family requests memorials be made to the Heart Fund or a church or
charity.