Schreck continued as Hitler's personal driver.{{sfn|Felton|2014|p=8}} In 1936, Schreck developed [[meningitis]] and died on 16 May in Munich.{{sfn|Hamilton|1984|p=173}} He was a well-liked man and Hitler was distraught when Schreck died.{{sfn|Hamilton|1984|p=173}} His final rank was SS-''[[Brigadeführer]]'', a rank equivalent to that of a ''Generalmajor'' in the [[Wehrmacht]].{{sfn|Hoffmann|2000|p=330}} Schreck was accorded a Nazi state funeral with Hitler delivering his eulogy.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} Schreck's funeral was attended by many senior Nazi officials, including [[Hermann Göring]], [[Joseph Goebbels]], [[Rudolf Hess]], [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]], [[Konstantin von Neurath]], [[Emil Maurice]], [[Hans Baur]], [[Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer)|Heinrich Hoffmann]] and [[Baldur von Schirach]].{{sfn|Schreck, Julius 2015}} Himmler referred to him as "Adolf Hitler's first SS man."{{sfn|Hoffmann|2000|p=16}} As with many other buried Nazi Party members, Schreck's grave marker was removed after [[World War II]] and there is a stone without inscription on the spot where he was buried.{{sfn|Schreck, Julius 2015}}
