Erdell C. Hemeyer, 97, of Slater, died Monday, November 18, 2024 at Big Bend Retreat.

Funeral services will be Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 11:00 A.M. at First Baptist Church in Slater, with Terry Jordan officiating. Burial with military honors will be in Slater City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 until 11:00 A.M. Thursday at the church. Memorials are suggested to Big Bend Retreat in care of Weiker Funeral Home.

Born December 4, 1926 in Slater, he was the son of the late Charles H. and Freda Moeller Hemeyer. On December 21, 1950 in Slater, he married Betty Van Booven, and she survives of the home.

Also surviving are four sons, Jerry Hemeyer and his wife Margaret of Lillington, North Carolina, Carl Hemeyer and his wife Jan of rural Slater, Clay Hemeyer and his wife Darla of rural Slater, and Mark Hemeyer of Marshall; a daughter, Judy Kays and her husband Ed of Marshall; eleven grandchildren; and thirteen great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Etty Rose Kays; a brother, Roy Hemeyer; and a sister, Goldie Edelblute.

Mr. Hemeyer was a longtime member of First Baptist Church in Slater. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, and was a 1943 graduate of Slater High School. He was a former member of the Slater School Board, and the Slater Cooperative #1 Board of Directors. He was a lifelong farmer in the Saline County area.