LICENSED STAFF All of our licensed directors adhere to the highest standard of ethical practices and are committed to ensuring that all of your needs are attended to. Their commitment to the community and genuine compassion toward families are but a few of the characteristics that make them outstanding in their field.  We are proud to have them on our staff.

John I. Schilling, Licensed Funeral Director, Embalmer, Owner Email: schillingfuneralhome@hotmail.com Office Phone: 1-815-626-1131 Fax: 1-815-626-1455 John is a second generation funeral director and a life-long resident of Whiteside County. He is a 1965 graduate of Erie Community High School. He attended Blackhawk College in Moline and graduated from the Wisconsin Institute of Mortuary Science.  He served in the Ilinois National Guard in Rock Falls from 1968 to 1974. John is the owner of Schilling Funeral Home since purchasing the Melvin Funeral Home in 1975.  He is a member of National  Funeral Directors Association, Illinois Funeral Directors Association, and Order of the Golden Rule, has served on Board of Directors of Sterling Federal Bank for many years, currently as Chairman, the Sterling American Legion Post 296, as well as several  local service organizations. John and his wife Sara are the parents of two sons John Paul and Mark and three granchildren Donovan, Gabbi and John Paul Schilling.

John Paul Schilling, Funeral Director, Embalmer, Owner Email: schillingfuneralhome@hotmail.com Office Phone: 1-815-626-1131 Fax: 1-815-626-1455 John Paul is the only third generation funeral director from  Whiteside County.  He is a 1993 graduate of Sterling High School and a graduate of Worsham College of Mortuary Science. John Paul served his apprenticeship in 1999 for one year under Richard W. Schilling (owner of Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, and Lee County Coroner.) John Paul is a member of National Funeral Directors Association, Illinois Funeral Directors Association, Order of the Golden Rule, an accepted member of the American College of Forensic Examiner, and successfully completed the Medicolegal Death Investigators training course at St. Louis University School of Medicine. He is a member of the First Congregational Church of Sterling.  John Paul has a daughter Gabriella Rose Schilling and a son John Paul Schilling Jr.