Funeral Services for Ron Hoerle, age 70, of rural Ewing will be 10:30 am Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Chambers, NE.  Rev. John Ryding will officiate.

Burial will be in the Conley Cemetery in rural Chambers.

Visitation will be from 4-7 pm Monday, June 24 at Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill.  Ron passed away June 20, 2019 in Grand Island, Nebraska.

Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill is in charge of arrangements.  Memorials can be directed to the family for future designation.

Ronald Eugene Hoerle was born February 17, 1949 in O'Neill, NE to Eugene and Mardell (Butts) Hoerle.  He attended grade school at Holt County Country School 115J and graduated from Wheeler County High School in Bartlett, NE in 1967.  He excelled in football and was part of the "Half Ton of Beef" front line for the Wheeler County Broncos.  After High School, Ron went to work at the gas station in Bartlett.  After his father passed away in 1970, he moved home to run Hoerle's Corner which eventually became Ron's Mobil.

He met Cindy Kraus, when her brother left her at the station and Ron asked her to go to the races.   They were married on April 14, 1973 in Burwell, NE. They made their home at Hoerle's Corner, where they raised their family.  Ron kept busy working at Ron's Mobil, side by side with his brother, Jim.

Ron loved to race stock cars.  He raced for many years at all the area racetracks.  He enjoyed attending gun shows, car shows, watching NASCAR, raising numerous abandoned animals, hunting, shooting, and most of all being with his family.

He was a member of the O'Neill American Legion Riders Post 93, Chambers Sons of the American Legion Post 320, Chambers Volunteer Fire Department for 30 years, Chambers Rural Fire Boards, Valley Rods Unlimited Car Club, and was a  Trustee for Our Savior Lutheran Church in Bartlett.

Ron is survived by his wife of 46 years, Cindy Hoerle of Ewing; children, Rhonda Hopkins and husband, Mike, of Lancaster, New York, Shawn Hoerle and wife, Jessica, of Lincoln, NE, Jared Hoerle and wife, Rachael, of Chambers, NE, Shalane Treptow and husband, Josh, of O'Neill; daughter-in-law, Kim Hoerle of Loup City; nine grandchildren, Catherine, Kassidy, Ethan, Lilly, Gunner, Ella, Ayden, Gracie, Lakelyn; sister, Marie Payne and husband, Gail, of Ericson; brother, Jim Hoerle and wife Viola of Chambers; sister-in-law, Dixie Kraus of Taylor; brother-in-law, Tracy Kraus and wife, Suzanne, of Taylor; many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents; Eugene and Mardell Hoerle; his father and mother-in-law, Son and Colene Kraus; and son, Randy Hoerle.