Vernon “Vern” Herrman
Vernon “Vern” Herrman, age 86, died Wednesday, January 27, 2016, at Hays Medical Center.
He was born May 1, 1929, in Liebenthal, Kansas,to Raymond and Lucy (Steckline) Herrman. He married Dorothy (Huber) on May 10, 1951, Hays, Kansas.
He was owner and operator of Vern Herrman Motor Supply since 1954, a total of 62 years in downtown Hays. He attended St. Joseph Catholic Church and was a member of the Kansas National Guard. He helped manage his son’s band for a number of years–The Tempests–a Hays band from the 1960’s. The Tempests were inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame at Lawrence in March of 2013. He enjoyed trapshooting, hunting, fishing and camping.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Herrman, of the home; four sons, John Herrman and wife, Terri, St. Louis, MO; David Herrman and wife, Deanna, Hays, KS; Ron Herrman and wife, Cheryl, Russell, KS; Marc Herrman, Hays, KS; one son-in-law, Kevin Schukman, Hays, KS; one brother, Raymond Herrman and wife, Katie, Lawrence, KS; one sister, Luella Bieker, Hays, KS; one sister-in-law, Donna Herrman, Phoenix, Arizona; ten grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Kathleen Schukman; one brother, LeRoy Herrman; and one brother-in-law, Clarence Bieker.
Services are 11:00 A.M. Friday, January 29, 2016, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601. A private family inurnment will be at St. Joseph Cemetery Hays, Kansas.
The family will receive friends from 9:00 to 11:00 A.M. Friday, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays.
Memorials are to the Kansas Music Hall of Fame. Condolences can be sent via e-mail to
clinesmortuary@eaglecom.net.