Louise B. Herl 1925 – 2009

HAYS – Louise B. Herl, age 84 of Hays, passed away on Monday, Nov. 23, at Hays Medical Center. She was born Feb. 22, 1925, in Hodgeman County to Jacob Ralph and Laura Mae (Cox) Brown. She married Edmund “Eddie” Herl on June 12, 1946, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Hays.

Louise attended Fort Hays Normal School and was a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse. She was also a homemaker and a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Hays.

She is survived by a son, Gary Herl and wife Pam of Hays; two daughters, Carol Burgardt and husband Les of WaKeeney and Paula Manteuffel and husband Craig of Hays; two sisters, Jean Winter of Burdette and Myrna “Ike” Kiser of Delphos; 10 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Eddie on Jan. 7, 1996, her parents; three brothers, Dwight, Bob and Donnie Brown; and a sister, Janelda O’Brien.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 27, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Hays. Burial will be in the Walnut Valley Cemetery in rural Barton County.

Visitation will be on Thursday 5-8 p.m. and Friday 9 – 9:30 a.m. at Brock’s North Hill Chapel Funeral Home, 2509 Vine, Hays. A parish wake service will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to the “Christ Pilot Me” fund or to the Walnut Valley Cemetery fund. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or brocksnorthhill@ruraltel.net. Funeral arrangements provided by
Brock’s North Hill Chapel Funeral Home*
2509 Vine
Hays, KS 67601
785-625-3215
Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Nov. 27, 2009