Glenn A. Scherb

Glenn Arlen Scherb of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on February 15, 2015, after a very brief but brave fight with cancer. Glenn was born June 1, 1956, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, to Garlin and Sonia (Hafermann) Scherb. He graduated from Kiester High School in Kiester, Minnesota, as a National Merit Scholar, and went on to earn a degree in Chemistry from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. There, he worked as a photographer for the college, as well as a DJ and engineer for the radio station, and met the love of his life, Cynthia Weber. They married on June 18, 1983, just before Cynthia began studying at the University of Iowa College of Law. Glenn was welcomed with open arms into the Weber family, who loved him as one of their own. Glenn and Cynthia moved to Kansas City in 1987, where he taught physics and computer programming at area colleges, practiced chemistry, and wrote software for laboratories. He worked for Rockwell International, Ecology & Environment, Professional Services Industries, and most recently MRIGlobal, where he was a Principal Engineer. Together, they led a charmed life, traveling the world, filling their lives with wonderful friends, good food and wine, books and art. Glenn was an amazing photographer who documented their lives and those of friends and family; he was a gentle soul, loved by everyone who came to know him; he was an intrepid traveler and would go anywhere, as long as Cynthia made the plans.

Glenn is survived by his wife, Cynthia Weber Scherb, of the home; parents Sonia and Garlin, of Kiester, MN; sisters Sheree Covert of Waverly, Iowa; Christine (David) Tatge of Wells, MN; Susan (Greg) Path of Plymouth, MN; mother-in-law Cherie Weber of Flossmoor, IL; brothers-in-law Gary (Lynelle) Weber and Craig (Sharon) Weber, both of Appleton, WI; sister-in-law Valerie (Anthony) Carf of Beavercreek, OH; and more than a dozen nieces, nephews, and assorted god-children, all of whom will greatly miss their Uncle Glenn. He was preceded in death by grandparents Frank and Linda Scherb and Reverend Herbert C. and Mildred Hafermann; and by his father-in-law Donald C. Weber.

Memorial services will be 4:00 p.m. Friday, February 20 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 5601 West 62nd Street, Mission, KS 66202.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Weber-Scherb Science and Mathematics Scholarship at Wartburg College; Lutheran Junior Seminary in Morogoro, Tanzania; or Change the Truth Foundation in Kansas City.