Herb Schuerenberg Jr.

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Herbert A. "Herb" Schuerenberg Jr., 59, of Sikeston died Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

He was born Nov. 26, 1945, in Kewanee, Mo., son of Herbert A. and Anna B. Bizzell Schuerenberg. He and Berta Jane McWaters were married Aug. 9, 1968. She died Jan. 23, 1991. He and Sue Baldridge were married Nov. 26, 1994, in Sikeston.

Schuerenberg was a land owner and farmer many years in Scott and New Madrid counties. He had a pilot's license, and had been a member of Scott County Sheriff's Posse.

He served with Company C of the 1140th Engineers Battalion of Missouri National Guard.

Survivors include his wife; five sons, Rick, Trey and Jonathan Schuerenberg, Jesse and Alan Due, all of Sikeston; two brothers, Glen Schuerenberg of Matthews, Mo., Dick Schuerenberg of Tampa, Fla.; five sisters, Judith Sullivan and June Roberts of Matthews, Ellen Bond of Jasper, Ga., Jane Young of Lawrenceville, Ga., Joy Householder of Amory, Miss.; and two grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and a sister.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 5 to 8 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the chapel, with the Rev. Jim Barnhart officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery.