Merle E. Weyer

Merle Ellen Weyer, 97, of Hesston, Kansas, formerly of Marysville, died December 10, 2014 at Schowalter Villa in Hesston. Visitation will be held Friday, December 12, from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. at Kinsley Mortuary, Marysville, KS. The family will receive friend from 5 to 7 p.m. A funeral service will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, December 13 at the First Christian Church, Marysville with Rev. Jerry Zanker officiating. Deb Landoll is the organist and Allen Hahn will sing “Some Call It Heaven, I Call It Home.” The congregation will sing “In the Garden” and “How Great Thou Art.” Burial will be in Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, north east of Oketo in Gage County. Merle was born April 19, 1917 in Beatrice, Nebraska, the fifth child of Charles William and Eva Irene Simpson Burns. At the age of 12 she was baptized and joined the First Christian Church in Beatrice. She graduated from Beatrice High School in 1935. Prior to marriage, she worked at Hesteads dime store in Beatrice for 6 years. She married Leonard Alvin Weyer on April 25, 1948 at the First Christian Church in Beatrice. They were lifelong farmers in the Marietta area. Merle was a devoted farm wife and supported her children and grandchildren in 4-H and other activities. She was a long time member of the neighborhood Friendship Club and active in her church. She and Leonard enjoyed several local pitch and pinochle card groups. Merle is survived by her children Marcia Hahn and husband Allen of Hesston, and Ed Weyer and wife Kathy of Oketo; grandchildren Janelle Hahn of Somoto, Nicaragua, Karen Hahn of Hesston, Scott and Alicia Hahn of Pittsburgh, PA, Darby and Mark Simpson of Gilbert, AZ, Pete and Julie Weyer of Topeka, and Lucas Weyer of Colorado Springs, CO; great-grandchildren Brynlee Weyer and Thomas Simpson; and Leonard’s sisters Norma Huntington of Wymore, NE and Evalyn Holman of Mesa, AZ. She was preceded in death by her husband Leonard on October 8, 2006; her parents; sister, Bernita Cederberg and husband Carl; brother John Burns and wife Iris; and siblings who died in infancy, Wilma Eleanor Burns, Ivan Paul Burns, and Charles Simpson Burns. Memorials to First Christian Church of Marysville, Schowalter Villa Good Samaritan Fund, or Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice. Contributions may be sent in care of Kinlsey Mortuary, Marysville. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Merle E. Weyer, please visit our flower store.