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1967
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2018
Samuel Herbert Obituary
Muncie - Jedi Knight, Samuel F. Herbert died Thursday May 3rd at Ball Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept 26, 1967 to Barbara M. Grice and the late Fredrick B. Herbert. He married Brenda Reardon on July 20, 2002.
Sam graduated from Muncie Southside in 1985, and joined the United States Army. He deployed part of Operation Desert Storm. At the end of his Army career he was honorably discharged as a Sergeant. He went on to work for Pontiac, Midas, and Nate's Service Center as a skilled mechanic. He became an ordained minister and also earned an honorary doctorate in Theology.
He was a very talented artist and poet, as well as a gun enthusiast who enjoyed shooting and doing projects with his cousin Kristy Stultz at the family gun range. He had a great sense of humor and loved making everyone around him laugh. He also enjoyed getting to spend time with his 4 grandchildren.
Surviving are his wife Brenda Herbert of Muncie, son Joshua Herbert of Dayton Ohio, daughter Kathryn Herbert of Dayton Ohio, son Thomas Kroetz of Goshen, daughter Laura Kroetz of Goshen, mother Barbara Herbert of Muncie, 2 sisters, Loretta Thornton of Muncie, Dr. Polly (Jeff) Moore of Indianapolis, 2 brothers, David (Hope) Herbert of Anderson, Charles (Kelsey) Herbert of Anderson, as well as 2 uncles, 1 aunt, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was proceeded in death by his father Fredrick Herbert, maternal grandparents Robert and Rose Grice, two uncles Keith and CJ Grice, niece SuLynn Thornton, and a nephew Matthew Thornton.
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Steve Gasparino
May 12, 2018
My heartfelt, sincere condolences to the family. I am saddened and shocked to hear of my friends passing, I spent some time in conversation with him the morning of his untimely passing.
Sam was a great guy, fun to listen to, and talk with.
I will miss him. To his family, I share your loss and saddness, and I take personally that he is in the care of our Father, where he will never feel pain or uncomfort again, till we meet again my friend.....
May 10, 2018
I'm so sad and shocked to hear about Sam. Sam worked on my car at Nate's and he was so friendly and nice. He went out of his way to fix my car one night last year when I needed a new battery and had a job interview the next morning. He and Nate made sure I had my car. I will miss him. Great GUY!!!!
Jackie Retz
Deborah Kirklin
May 10, 2018
I'm so very sorry for your loss...prayers for your family
Lori Herbert Thornton
May 9, 2018
I will always love you
Brenda S.
May 9, 2018
sorry for your loss, may the force be with you.
Jack Hood
May 8, 2018
Sam was always very nice and helpful everytime I went into get my car worked on. I called him a day before he passed asking about an estimate for my truck and when I called back to follow up I was told the horrible news. I am deeply stricken by this and my heart goes out to all his friends family and colleges.
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