Glenn Arlen Scherb of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, after a very brief but brave fight with cancer.

Glenn was born June 1, 1956, in Albert Lea to Garlin and Sonia (Hafermann) Scherb. He graduated from Kiester High School in Kiester as a national merit scholar and went on to earn a degree in chemistry from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. There he worked as a photographer for the college as well as a DJ and engineer for the radio station, and met the love of his life, Cynthia Weber.

They married June 18, 1983, just before Cynthia began studying at the University of Iowa College of Law. Glenn was welcomed with open arms into the Weber family, who loved him as one of their own. Glenn and Cynthia moved to Kansas City in 1987 where he taught physics and computer programming at area colleges, practiced chemistry and wrote software for laboratories. He worked for Rockwell International, Ecology & Environment, Professional Services Industries and most recently MRIGlobal, where he was a principal engineer.

Together, they led a charmed life, traveling the world, filling their lives with wonderful friends, good food and wine, books and art. Glenn was an amazing photographer who documented their lives and those of friends and family. He was a gentle soul, loved by everyone who came to know him. He was an intrepid traveler and would go anywhere, as long as Cynthia made the plans.

Glenn is survived by his wife, Cynthia Weber Scherb, of the home; parents Sonia and Garlin of Kiester; sisters Sheree Covert of Waverly, Iowa, Christine (David) Tatge of Wells and Susan (Greg) Path of Plymouth; mother-in-law, Cherie Weber, of Flossmoor, Illinois; brothers-in-law Gary (Lynelle) Weber and Craig (Sharon) Weber, both of Appleton, Wisconsin; sister-in-law, Valerie (Anthony) Carf, of Beavercreek, Ohio; and more than a dozen nieces, nephews and assorted godchildren, all of whom will greatly miss their Uncle Glenn.

He was preceded in death by grandparents Frank and Linda Scherb and the Rev. Herbert C. and Mildred Hafermann; and by his father-in-law, Donald C. Weber.

Memorial services were at 4 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 5601 W. 62nd St. in Mission, Kansas.