Howard Francis Herning, M.D.Howard F. Herning, M.D. passed away in San Francisco on November 21, 2016 at the age of 93. Howard was a San Francisco native, born on December 22, 1922 to Harry and Hazel (McLinden) Herning. He attended local grade schools, then St. Ignatius High School, University of San Francisco and Creighton Medical School in Omaha, Nebraska, all Jesuit. It was in San Francisco that he began his medical internship at the San Francisco General Hospital, on the Stanford Service until June 1949. Then, during his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco, he met his future wife, Dorothy Elizabeth Barrett, who had just graduated from Lone Mountain College. Howard and Dorothy married shortly after on June 17, 1950.Between 1951-1953, Howard served in the Army Medical Corps as an Ob-Gyn at Camp Polk, Leesville, La. and Fort McArthur Army Hospital in San Pedro, Ca.After being honorably discharged from the army in April 1953, Howard completed his formal medical training at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, La., on the Louisiana State University Service in June 1955. He then returned to St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco to begin private practice, where he remained for his entire medical career until retirement in 1995. His retirement years in Carmel, California were happy and productive. In addition to his work in the Respect Life Commission in the Diocese of Monterey, Ca., he was active in civic affairs in Carmel, Ca. He enjoyed bridge, golf, cooking and welcoming guests to large meals, always showing a gentleness and sense of humor.He is survived by his wife of sixty-six years, Dorothy Barrett Herning, his three daughters Marianne (Tim) Kay, Jeanne (Mike) McWalters and Elizabeth (Gregory) Vaughan, as well as his eight grandchildren: Elizabeth (Kay) Dahl, Brendan and Teresa McWalters, Caroline (George) Oliver, Katherine (Ryan) Walsh, Peter (Brooke) Vaughan, Victoria and Robert Vaughan, as well as three great-grandchildren Hazel and Emmett Dahl and Annabelle Oliver. A private funeral service was held in Monterey, California at the San Carlos Cathedral and Cemetery.