Herbert Schlegel

Herbert Henry Schlegel, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 5, 2007, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center.

He was born Aug. 25, 1918, in Cape Girar-deau, son of George and Emma Grossheider Schlegel. He and Ora Helen Withers were married Aug. 24, 1940, in Cape Girar-deau. She died Sept. 30, 2001.

Schlegel was a dairy farmer in the Jackson area, later worked at Horton Sales, and was a custom drapery installer with Rust and Martin before retiring in the mid-1980s. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

Survivors include a son, Jerry L. Schlegel of Jackson; two daughters, Janet R. Kindle of Henderson, Ky., Betty Doza of Mill Valley, Calif.; a brother, Norbert Schlegel of Cape Girardeau; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home and from 9 a.m. to service time Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church.

The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the church, with the Rev. Douglas C. Breite officiating. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park.