Lawrence O. Schreier was born in Bunker Hill in 1894. He attended the Bunker Hill Public School and was, he said, apprenticed to the local baker. Later, he worked in Carbondale before joining the U.S. Army. He and Edith Whitfield were married November 14, 1918, three days after the Armistice.
In 1923, the Schreier's moved back to Bunker Hill from Breese, Illinois, where they had a bakery. In Bunker Hill, their bakery was in the 100 block of West Warren Street. Bread sold then for a nickel a loaf.
There was another bakery in Bunker Hill, and later, the Schreier's bought out the Fred Schillig business and moved to 140 North Washington Street. In the winter, the Schreier's lived in an apartment upstairs over the bakery, moving back to their home across the street from Meissner School for the rest of the year.
Pictured: Schreier's Bakery employees waiting to serve their Bunker Hill customers
Miss Gertrude Wawne was the sales lady at the bakery. Peanut coffee cakes were 15 cents each and were one of many favorites. Miss Gertrude Wawne died in 1998 at the age of 91.
Edith Schreier died April 14, 1977, at the age of 81 and Lawrence died soon after on May 10, 1977 at the age of 82.
The former bakery was one of three building completely destroyed in a huge fire on March 15, 1992.
In the Bunker Hill History Museum there is a diorama, made by Donna Ford which represents the Schreier Bakery as it would have appeared in 1948.
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