Herbert Myers

ROCK RAPIDS, IA Herbert E. Gene Myers, age 81 of Rock Rapids, IA died Wednesday morning, September 30, 2009, at Sanford Hospital in Rock Rapids, IA. Visitation will be Friday, October 2nd , 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with family present from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Jurrens Funeral Home in Rock Rapids. There will also be a visitation at the Hackett " Livingston Funeral Home in Shenandoah, IA on Sunday, October 4th from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with the family present from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday at Elmwood Cemetery at Coin, IA with Rev. Clark Finehout, officiating. Herbert E. Gene Myers was born on February 16, 1928 at Hemingford, Nebraska the son of James and Hazel (Foster) Myers. Gene grew up in southwest Iowa. He attended Coin High School, graduating in 1946. He served in the Merchant Marines at the end of WWII. Gene was united in marriage to lla Sue Long at Bentonville, Arkansas on November 5, 1949. He worked for the agronomy department of Iowa State University for 38 years retiring in 1991. Gene and Ila lived in Doon, Iowa during these years and after his retirement they moved to Rock Rapids, Iowa. He enjoyed gardening, fishing and hunting. He was a member of the Alvord and Rock Rapids gun clubs, American Legion, a past member of the Lyon County Fair Board, former volunteer fireman and former council member. On Wednesday morning, September 30, Gene died in the Sanford Hospital in Rock Rapids at the age of eighty-one. He is survived by his wife, Ila Myers, of Rock Rapids, Iowa; daughter, Glenda Schouten of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; daughter-in-law, Lori Myers of Brandon, South Dakota; three grandchildren, Nathan (Kristina) Myers, Tim Myers all of Brandon, South Dakota; and Katy Schouten of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; two great-grandchildren, Dylan and Chantel Myers of Brandon, South Dakota; a brother-in-law, Marion Ketcham, and a sister-in-law, Violet Myers, and many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Gene was preceded in death by his parents; two sons, Glenn and an infant son; four brothers (Donald, Russell, Bernard, and Richard) and one sister (Betty Myers Ketcham).