Herbert Frederick Beer, 25 Jun 1924 - 27 Mar 2021

BEER, BLUME, HAGEN, WADLE, WYATT, WESTBROOK, O’CONNELL, TAULBEE, DUNNAVENT, SANDERSFELD, MOLLISON

Posted By: Sarah Witte (email)
Date: 4/8/2021 at 09:16:22

Herbert Frederick Beer, 96, of Cedar Rapids, passed away Saturday, March 27, 2021, at Meadowview Memory Care Center. A visitation will be held on Monday, April 5, 2021, at Cedar Memorial Westside Chapel from 5 to 7 p.m. A private service will be held for the family. Burial will take place at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Homestead, Iowa. Following the continued guidance from health officials, physical distancing must be practiced, which requires a limited number of people allowed into the visitation at one time. The use of facemasks or shields is required.

Herbert was born on June 25, 1924, in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil, to Otto and Lena (Blume) Beer, who were Lutheran Missionaries. After a 10- year commitment, the family returned to the United States and lived in Springfield, Ill., until his father became the pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church in Homestead. Herbert attended parochial school over there, then graduated from Marengo High School. He began studying to be a minister like his father; however, that was not to be. He obtained a position with Iowa Bearing & Company and worked there until his retirement in 1982.

In 1951, he married Amanda Hagen at St. John's Lutheran Church in Homestead. In 1959, they adopted their first infant daughter, Christine Marie, followed in 1963 by the adoption of another infant daughter, Catherine Esther. Herbert was a longtime member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids.

He is survived by his daughters, Christine (Kevin) Wadle and Cathy (Matt) Wyatt; three grandchildren, Anthony Westbrook of Cedar Rapids, Rachael (Jason) O'Connell of Peoria, Ill., and Jason Wadle of Peoria, Ill.; great-grandson, Jameson O'Connell of Peoria, Ill.; brother, Martin Beer of Iowa City; sisters, Sylvia Taulbee of St. Paul, Minn., and Lois Dunnavent of Harrisburg, Pa.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Herbert was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Amanda; infant son, Herbert Jr.; and sisters, Dorothea, who died in infancy, Helen Sandersfeld, Paula Sandersfeld, Norma Mollison and Esther Sandersfeld.

The family would like to thank everyone at Meadowview memory Care Center for the excellent care that was provided. Memorials may be directed to Trinity Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids or St. John's Lutheran Church in Homestead.

Published in The Gazette on April 3, 2021.