GENE HOERMAN

LAMAR- Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Daniel Funeral Home for Albert Eugene Hoerman, 88, Lamar, who died early Tuesday morning, April 17, 2018, surrounded by family at his home. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery, with full military honors being conducted by Lamar VFW Post 3691.

Contributions are suggested to Oakton United Methodist Church Building Fund.

Condolences may be shared at www.danielfuneralhome.net.

Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Hazel; daughters, Brenda Curtis and husband Deron, Excelsior Springs, Teresa Lair and husband Dennis and Terri Harrison and husband Wayne, all of Lamar; a brother, Herb Hoerman and wife Carol, Carl Junction; a brother-in-law, Bud Humphrey and wife Donna, Miami, Okla.; a sister, Donna Hoerman, Webb City; five grandchildren, Jennifer Harper and husband Tilden, Devon Curtis, Justin Lair and Jerrica, Ryan Lair and Katie, Cory Harrison and Chelsey and great-grandchildren, Holden, Carson and Jocelyn, Izaiah, Payton, Chloe and Clayton and Elijah and Maci.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Bob Hoerman; a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Joan and John Monroe and two grandchildren.

Mr. Hoerman was born Nov. 2, 1929, in Otterville, to T.M. Hoerman and Hazel Gray. He enlisted in the U.S. Army, proudly serving his country from 1947 through 1953 in Korea, Germany and Japan and was awarded the Army Occupation Medal (Japan), United Nations and Korean Service Medals and Good Conduct Medal. Patriotic throughout his life, he served in the National Guard, was a 50-year member of American Legion Post 209 and participated in countless military funeral honors as an active member of VFW Post 3691.

He married Hazel Humphrey on Dec. 30, 1960, at Oakton Methodist Church and they made their home and reared their three daughters in Lamar. Working at Lawn Boy until the plant was moved to Illinois in 1963, he became one of the first hired when O’Sullivan Industries opened in 1964. After retiring in 1991, he had more time to spend what he considered perfect days with his family at the farm, being outdoors working in his garden and yard or tinkering with his Model A. He was an avid collector with a wide variety of interests.

He was a member of Oakton United Methodist Church, where he especially enjoyed the fellowship of the Golden Agers.