Bates County News

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Rosalie Bernice Herman, age 92 of Butler

Funeral services for Rosalie Bernice Herman of Butler, Missouri will be 10 a.m. Friday, May 2, 2025 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler.  No visitation.  Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler.  Contributions to Butler Senior Center or Butler Public Library.   Online condolences www.schowengerdtchapel.com.

Rosalie Bernice Herman, age 92 of Butler, Missouri died Monday, April 28, 2025 at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler.  She was born September 11, 1932 to Milton and Gertie Bernice Rosbrugh Shepard in Johnson City, Missouri.

Rosalie is survived by one stepson, Wilbur Herman and wife Patricia of Butler, Missouri; one grandson, Landon Herman of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; one sister, Elsie Fay Peterson and husband Jerry of Warsaw, Missouri; and numerous nephews and nieces.  Rosalie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, W. August Herman on January 20, 2016; and two brothers, Milton Elmore Shepard and Lloyd Ellsworth Shepard.



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