Dr. Erich Alfred Quer

Erich Alfred Quer, 89, of Olathe, passed away on Monday, August 29, during a battle with cancer. Visitation will be Thursday, September 1, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Mount Moriah & Freeman Funeral Home, 10507 Holmes Road. Private burial. Erich was born in Linz, Austria on August 17, 1922 to Alfred Felix and Josepha Salzer Quer. In 1939, he came to the United States with his parents. Erich put himself through Roanoke College in Roanoke, Virginia, earning a degree in Chemistry. He attended medical school at Albany Medical College, where he obtained an M.D. degree with high honors. There, he met and married his wife, Muriel Grace Helen March in 1944. He interned at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago, and proceeded from there to the Mayo Clinic to earn a Master of Science degree and fellowship in surgery from the University of Minnesota. His studies were interrupted by his service as a Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1947-1949 in post-war Japan and the Philippines. For the next 39 years, he practiced General Surgery, primarily at Research Medical Center, as partner in Hartwig, Quer and Doering. He served as president of the medical staff, chief of surgery and chairman of general surgery. He also served as president of the Kansas City Surgical Society and a board member of Kansas Blue Cross-Blue Shield. He was presented with the Distinguished Service Award at RMC, recognizing his outstanding leadership and service to the Center. He lived in Mission Hills, on the Country Club Plaza and in Prairie Village. And for over thirty years he spent winters in a home with the best view of the La Quinta Country Club golf course and mountains in La Quinta, California. An avid golfer with the prettiest swing you ever saw, he was a member there, and at Indian Hills Country Club, PGA West and the Garden of the Gods Country Club. He is survived by Muriel, currently living at The Plaza at Santa Marta in Olathe, Kansas, son Geoff (Sharon) of Olathe, daughter Linda Quer Muller (Skip) of Cleveland, Missouri, granddaughter Meghan Quer Brown and great-grandson Easton Brown, grandson Justin Quer, step-grandchildren Aaron Muller (Daphne), Tiffany Muller, and Kaycie Booher (Cory), and step-greats Brady, Austin, Colby and Abbigayle. He was a unique individual, known among friends for his colorful wardrobe and humor, known by his patients as a devoted and skilled surgeon, known by his family as a generous and loving husband, Dad and Papa, and by all who knew him as a man dedicated to excellence. He was, by all accounts, of genius intelligence and a very gifted surgeon. He traveled the world with his wife. It was a truly splendid life, built from scratch and encompassing so much. He will be missed and loved forever. Condolences may be made at www.mtmoriah-freeman.com.Arrangements under the direction of Mount Moriah & Freeman Funeral Home, Kansas City, MO.