Services are 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Cantlon-Otterness Funeral Home, 931 W. Main St., Buffalo, MO, where visitation will be one hour prior to services. Burial will be at Red Top Cemetery, Buffalo, MO. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 E. 4th Ave., assisted with local arrangements.

Ernest was born October 15, 1915, in White Owl, SD, a son of Lawrence and Mary Nixon Beehler. He married Jeanette V. Rogers in Clinton, IA.

Ernest was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was employed at the Sabula Ordinance Depot for 28 years. Following his retirement, he moved to Buffalo, MO, where he farmed for many years.

He was a member of the Sabula American Legion Post for over 65 years, and while he lived in Missouri, a member of Red Top Baptist Church. Ernest loved gardening and country western music. He enjoyed playing the fiddle, harmonica and guitar.

Surviving are his daughters and sons-in-law, Sharon and George Lintner, Zionsville, IN, and Sandra and Robert Vruble, Taylor Ridge, IL; seven grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; and one great great-grandson; his sister, Edna Spurlock, Buffalo, MO; and several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

Ernest is preceded in death by his parents, wife, two grandsons, Jeffrey and Bradley Vruble, and his brother, Howard Beehler.