Alvin S. Rhorer

Services for Alvin Sampson Rhorer, 83, of Whitehouse will be held on Saturday, November 23, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at Stewart Family Funeral Home with Father Cole Hartin officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Lawn Cemetery in Tyler under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home.
Mr. Rhorer passed away Sunday, November 3, 2024, in Tyler. He was born October 19, 1941, in Indianapolis, Indiana to Hoyt and Florine Willeford Rhorer.
Alvin was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam war, and an accomplished engineer. He grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana where he met his wife Nancy in Sunday school. Alvin lost his father at age ten and helped to raise his four younger siblings. He was a star student at Emmerich Manual High School in Indianapolis, and he was the first person in his family to go to college, graduating from Purdue University with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering. After serving three years in the U.S. Army including a tour of duty in the Vietnam war, Alvin embarked on an illustrious career in the exploding silicon wafer (microchip) manufacturing industry. His final post before retirement was at Medtronic in Tempe, Arizona where he was the principal engineer and earned the admiration of all those around him.
Alvin was known for his photographic memory, his kind hearted charm, and his keen dry sense of humor. He loved making things out of wood, listening to talk radio, comedy, and camping. There was nary a corner of the state of Arizona he and Nancy did not explore, and he never missed an opportunity to pet a dog. His strongest attribute was his overwhelming generosity and humility.
Alvin was preceded in death by his parents, Hoyt and Florine Rhorer. He is survived by his loving family including his wife of 58 years, Nancy Louise (Ferguson) Rhorer; his children Elizabeth Tang, Reneé Torres, and Anthony S. Rhorer, M.D.; his siblings Jean Fox, Andrew Rhorer, David Rhorer, and Anna May Nelson; and his grandchildren Brian Wheeler, Corey Gallagher, Mercedes Tang, Hayley Rhorer, Morgan Rhorer, Grace Ramsey, Zebadiah Rhorer, Brittany Torres, and Zachary Torres. Alvin has many loving nieces, nephews, great-grandchildren, grand-dogs and cats and horses and friends who miss him dearly.
Pallbearers will be Anthony S. Rhorer, M.D., Corey Gallagher, Brian Wheeler, Anthony Conception Torres, Jerry McLeod, and Paul Tang.
Visitation is scheduled from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 23, 2024, at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway in Tyler.