Berner, Herschel Arlo 1925-1978

BERNER, ROLLINS, SCHNEIDER

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 10/12/2019 at 12:26:04

HERSCHEL BERNER

Herschel Arlo Berner, 52, lifelong Merrill vicinity resident, died Sunday (March 26, 1978) at St. Joseph hospital, Sioux City, after a brief illness. He was hospitalized one day.

He was born Sept. 6, 1925, in Plymouth County near Merrill to Ralph and Ruby Rollins Berner. His marriage to Lois Schneider took place at Merrill, Aug. 4, 1948.

Mr. Berner was a member of Merrill United Methodist church and Merrill American Legion post. He was a World War 2 veteran.

Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Merrill United Methodist church. Rev. J. Milton Kinney will officiate and burial will be in Merrill Hillside cemetery under the direction of the Mauer Funeral Home in LeMars.

A prayer service will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Survivors are his wife, Lois, rural Merrll; a daughter Mrs. Kenneth (Cindy) Schlichte, LeMars; a son, Terry of Fullerton, Calif.; his mother, Mrs. Ruby Berner, Merrill, and a brother, Darrell Berner, Pauyallup, Wash.

He was preceded in death by his father, Ralph Berner.

Source: LeMars Daily Sentinel, March 27, 1978