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Alan Herbert

Birth	:	13 Jun 1926 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	19 Jan 2013 Fort Meade, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Pine Slope Cemetery, Belle Fourche, Butte County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.6460991, -103.8666992
Description	:	Alan Herbert, 86, of Belle Fourche died Saturday, January 19, 2013 at the Fort Meade Veterans Hospital. Alan (Masslich) Herbert was born in Chicago on June 13, 1926. He moved to New Hampshire at the age of 6. After his mother, Martha, remarried, he was adopted by his step father, Willis Erwin Herbert. Following high school he entered the Army in September 1944. After basic training at Camp Joseph T. Robinson in Arkansas, he served with the 15th Army Artillery in Europe. He remained in Germany until 1948 before marrying Liselotte Schellenberger and returning to the U.S. He operated the... Read More	Alan Herbert, 86, of Belle Fourche died Saturday, January 19, 2013 at the Fort Meade Veterans Hospital. Alan (Masslich) Herbert was born in Chicago on June 13, 1926. He moved to New Hampshire at the age of 6. After his mother, Martha, remarried, he was adopted by his step father, Willis Erwin Herbert. Following high school he entered the Army in September 1944. After basic training at Camp Joseph T. Robinson in Arkansas, he served with the 15th Army Artillery in Europe. He remained in Germany until 1948 before marrying Liselotte Schellenberger and returning to the U.S. He operated the Fort Bragg, NC hospital radio station until his discharge in 1949. He enlisted in the Army Reserves after the outbreak of the Korean War and was shipped to the 3rd Infantry Division where he served as a combat correspondent for 11 months. Beside ribbons earned in the European Theater, he received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star and a field promotion to sergeant while in Korea. His vivid description of an ambushed tank patrol was carried on the entire ABC radio network and brought letters of commendation from several ranking officers. Herbert spent 27 years in radio and TV, the last 13 as News and Program Director of KBFS Radio in Belle Fourche, SD. Earlier he trained at the American Forces Network stations in Frankfurt and Bremen, Germany, and worked at commercial radio stations in Vermont, New Hampshire, South Dakota and North Carolina. His first wife died in 1992. They had one son, Richard, who died in infancy of SIDS in 1952. In 1994 he married Josephine Noyce, who died of lung cancer in 2001. In 1963 he began collecting coins. In 1967 he began writing a weekly column in the bulletin of the Collectors of Numismatic Errors. He served as Secretary of CONE (later CONECA) from 1967 to 1991, and was the first person elected to the CONECA Hall of Fame. In 1968 his work attracted the attention of Numismatic News and he began writing a column for a national audience, called the Odd Corner, since renamed, but continuous to this day, missing only two or three issues. Herbert spent several years in Germany, first as a freelance writer photographer, later as European Bureau Manager for Krause Publications (Now F+W Publications.) He returned to the States in 1987 and worked for seven years at company headquarters in Iola, Wisconsin, retiring in 1994 after serving two years as editor of Coins Magazine. He joined the American Numismatic Association in 1971 and became a life member in 1993. He has served as an exhibit judge since 1979. He was elected to the ANA Board of Governors in 1999, lost in 2001, then regained his seat from 2003 to 2008. In 2010, he replaced a resigning Governor and was once again on the Board. Herbert wrote and illustrated two sections of the ANA Correspondence Course and served as chairman of several Board committees, including Consumer Protection, Information Technology and Terms and Standardization. He presented a number of programs, both in the ANA Numismatic Theater and for other clubs across the country. He actively supported the Young Numismatist programs and sponsored a YN exhibit award. He was a member of the ANA 1891 Club. Among numerous awards from the Numismatic Literary Guild, Herbert was given the prestigious Clemy award in 1997. The ANA awarded him their Medal of Merit in 1994 and the Glen Smedley Award in 2001. Numismatic News made him a Numismatic Ambassador in 2004. Other firsts included being the first journalist to cover the meetings of the World Mint Director's Conference, beginning in 1976. He began working with computers in 1978 when Apple was still a toy. He served as a technical consultant for the Krause "Standard Catalog of World Coins" for many years. His question and answer columns (Coin Clinic) appear in each issue of four publications Numismatic News, World Coin News, Bank Note Reporter and Coins Magazine. He served as a contributing editor for all four publications. As an author, he recently finished the seventh edition of "The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors," which first appeared in 1972. Two books featured frequently asked questions from his question data base. An earlier book covered investing in silver dollars. A recent book, "Coin Collecting 101" is directed at the novice and intermediate collector. He was currently putting the finishing touches on "The Official ANA Dictionary." A crowning achievement was the compilation of the PDS System for cataloging minting varieties. He also produced a similar system for paper money errors. As a professional photographer he cataloged and photographed examples from more than 9,000 different coin dies. On the home front, Herbert was a Master Mason in Cedar Lodge 124 in Belle Fourche, a member of the Moose lodge, a charter member and past commander of the AMVETS Post # 1 in Belle Fource, and was also a member of the American Legion post. He was an active member of the Christian Life Center. In 1970 he spearheaded an unsuccessful drive to get Mount Rushmore on the back of the $2 note, climaxing with a "Billion Dollar" banquet put on by the Chamber of Commerce with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Director, James Conlon, as the featured guest, along with South Dakota's then Governor, Frank Farrar. He is survived by his half sister, Helen Bobbitt, of Loveland, CO and two half brothers, John Masslich of Loveland, CO and Robert Masslich of Black Hawk, CO; From his second marriage there are five step children, eight step- grandchildren; eleven step- great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. A Ceremonial Tribute will be held 10:30 A.M. Friday, January 25, 2013 at the Christian Life Center in Belle Fourche with the Reverend Paul Howard officiating. Inurnment will follow at Pine Slope Cemtery in Belle Fourche. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests gifts to the Josephine Herbert memorial at the Christian Life Center.

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Alan Herbert's memorial is located at: Pine Slope Cemetery, Belle Fourche, Butte County, USA.
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Alan Herbert death on 19 Jan 2013 in Fort Meade, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 44.6460991
Longitude: -103.8666992

Family Members:

Parent

Beverly T. “Bert” Masslich

(1903 - 1950)

Martha M Semelroth Herbert

(1903 - 1987)

Spouse

Josephine Flossie “Josie” Dryden Noyce, Davis, Herbert

(1918 - 2001)

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