Herbert Moerer

Obituaries

July 3, 2012 - 12:00 AM

Herbert Moerer, Emporia, died at his home Friday, June 29, 2012 at the age of 56.

He was born in Iola on Sept. 23, 1955, the son of Robert E. (Sr.) and Patricia Ann (Marion) Moerer. Herb was raised on the family farm near Yates Center by his grandparents, Ronald and Helen Moerer. He married, but was divorced.

Surviving family members include his two daughters, Megan Moerer, Stotts City, Mo., and Abby Moerer, Pittsburg. Sister, Bobbi Sauder and her husband, Steve, Emporia; five brothers, Gene and his wife, Sue, Yates Center, Richard and his wife, Jackie, Enid, Okla., Ed, Yates Center, Ron, Kansas City, Mo. and Allen, and his wife, Ildi, in Tennessee. Grandchildren, Hunter Moerer, Pittsburg, and Natalie Moerer, Stotts City, Mo. Also, best friends Richard and Diana Deeds, Emporia.

Herb was a graduate of Yates Center High School and the automotive mechanics program of Flint Hills Technical College, Emporia. Herb worked as a mechanic and service manager for a number of Chevrolet dealerships and independent garages. He had also been an independent dealer of Snap-On Tools in Pittsburg.

The family will receive friends at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia, from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Yates Center Cemetery Friday.

Memorials have been established with S.O.S. Inc., and the Wound Care Clinic at Newman Regional Health, both in Emporia. Contributions may be sent to the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.

Online condolences may be sent through www.robertsblue.com

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