It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Raymond Clarence Schilling in Houston, Texas on April 3, 2024. The youngest of five children, Raymond was born to Mary E. Lavey and Clarence J. Schilling in Allentown, PA, on December 16, 1947.

He graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1965 and met his wife, Denise, in his early 20’s.

Raymond pursued his lifelong passion for cars with a career in the auto industry. He specialized in German cars and was employed for many years with Lehigh Valley Volkswagon. He also collected and restored antique cars, hot rods and antique motorcycles.

He enjoyed nature, art history and architecture and was a talented carpenter. In his mid-thirties, Ray also built his own A-frame house on several acres of wooded land in Eastern PA, near the Delaware River.

Raymond retired from the auto industry in 2003. During his retirement, he pursued his love of carpentry and the arts. He restored old houses and he began to study ceramics. He bought his own kiln and traveled to Taos, New Mexico, where he studied and exhibited his artwork with The Pottery Exchange.

Raymond is survived by his wife, Denise Ann Schilling, his two loving daughters, Kirsten Ismene Schilling and Amber Rose Schilling, and his beloved dog, Snooki.

He is also survived by his three siblings, Kenneth Schilling, Helen Coleman and Mary Johnson.

A funeral will be held for Raymond at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church in Allentown, PA on 6/21/2024 at 11 am. His cremated remains will then be interred at Resurrection Cemetery in Wescosville, PA.