Robert E. "Bob" Hering

Hering, Robert E. "Bob" Of Brookfield, WI. Passed away at home peacefully on Sunday, January 17, 2010, at the age of 89 years. Born in Milwaukee to Hugo H. Hering and Amalia (nee Pritzlaff) Hering on July 31, 1920. He was the loving husband of Carla (nee Schroeder) Hering, of Brookfield, and the loving father to Steven R. Hering, of Brookfield and Gordon E. Hering, of Milwaukee. He also was the loving brother of Barbara Daleske, of Sidney, MT. He will be further remembered and dearly missed by his cousins, nieces, a grandnephew in Michigan, other relatives and friends. Visitation Thursday, January 21, 2010, at the Funeral Home, from 4PM until the time of the Memorial Service at 7PM. Bob spent his entire working career with The Equitable Life Assurance Society (now, AXA), where he won the distinguished Excalibur Award for production 6 times, and was placed in The Equitable Hall of Fame in 1986. He also served as a delegate, and finally president, of the Agent's Forum, a policy-guide committee elected by and for agents of The Equitable. He also qualified numerous times for the Million Dollar Round Table. Bob spent 8 years on the Wauwatosa School Board, where he oversaw the construction Wauwatosa West High School and Whitman Middle School. He was an avid golfer. Bob lettered in golf at the University of Wisconsin, was a lifetime member of the "W Club", and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He was a member of Bluemound Golf and Country Club for over 30 years, where he recorded his first and only hole in one, in 1985. He also loved dogs and, in his younger years, competed in field trials where he won numerous local and national field trials with Chief, his black labrador. In lieu of flowers, memorials in his name to the Evans Scholar's Foundation or your local humane society, deeply appreciated.
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