Herman F. Myers
Herman F Myers, 89, of rural Urbana, died at 1:20 a.m. Sunday, July 12, 2015 at Peabody Retirement Community in North Manchester. He was born March 5, 1926, in Huntington County, to Elmer and Maude Ellen (Rhodes) Myers.
Herman was a 1943 graduate of Urbana High School and was a retired farmer. He married Joanna Fiant at the Peabody Chapel in North Manchester on Aug. 17, 1946. He enjoyed flying and was a private pilot. He was a member of the Urbana Yoke Parish, Flying Farmers of America, and the Eel River Tractor Club. He enjoyed polka music, refurnishing accordions, antique tractor restorations, and playing his button box and banjo.
He is survived by his wife: Joanna Myers, Urbana; four children: Lee (Sandy) Myers, Marion, Ohio; Merle Myers; and John (Linda) Myers, Urbana; Carolyn (Steve Powell) Myers, Roann; six grandchildren; and 9 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother; and one sister.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash, with Pastor Joe Helt officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Andrews. Friends may call 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Urbana Yoke Parish.
The memorial guest book for Herman may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.