He was born Sept. 20, 1916, near Kelly in Nemaha County, to Fred and Mary Wessel Hermesch, and attended school in Kelly.
He was a farmer and stockman before he retired.
He was a member of St. James Catholic Church in Wetmore and Knights of Columbus. He had been a leader for the Wetmore Cardinals 4-H Club for many years.
He married Dora Leslie on May 8, 1940, in Corning. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, Steven Hermesch, Goff; daughters, Anne Rowland, Kansas City, Kansas, and Ellen DeNoon, Tucson, Arizona; brothers, Bernard "Ben" Hermesch and Fred Hermesch, both in Seneca, Raymond Hermesch, Goff, Lambert Hermesch, Meriden, and Lawrence Hermesch, Anamosa, Iowa; sisters, Sister Amanda Hermesch, Colorado Springs, Mary Bruken, Holton, and Theresa Winkler, Corning; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. today in the parish hall at St. James Catholic Church in Wetmore. Burial will be in Wetmore Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Eastridge Care Home in Centralia or the children's education fund at St. James Catholic Church in Wetmore. Mercer Funeral Home in Holton is in charge of arrangements.
He was born Sept. 20, 1916, near Kelly in Nemaha County, to Fred and Mary Wessel Hermesch, and attended school in Kelly.
He was a farmer and stockman before he retired.
He was a member of St. James Catholic Church in Wetmore and Knights of Columbus. He had been a leader for the Wetmore Cardinals 4-H Club for many years.
He married Dora Leslie on May 8, 1940, in Corning. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, Steven Hermesch, Goff; daughters, Anne Rowland, Kansas City, Kansas, and Ellen DeNoon, Tucson, Arizona; brothers, Bernard "Ben" Hermesch and Fred Hermesch, both in Seneca, Raymond Hermesch, Goff, Lambert Hermesch, Meriden, and Lawrence Hermesch, Anamosa, Iowa; sisters, Sister Amanda Hermesch, Colorado Springs, Mary Bruken, Holton, and Theresa Winkler, Corning; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. today in the parish hall at St. James Catholic Church in Wetmore. Burial will be in Wetmore Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Eastridge Care Home in Centralia or the children's education fund at St. James Catholic Church in Wetmore. Mercer Funeral Home in Holton is in charge of arrangements.
Family Members
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Sr Amanda Hermesch
1909–2002
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Agnes Mary Hermesch Rempe
1911–2001
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Anna B. Hermesch Brokamp
1912–1934
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Anna Mary Hermesch
1912–1919
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Bernard H. "Ben" Hermesch
1913–2008
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Frank J. Hermesch
1915–1999
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Albert B. Hermesch
1919–1994
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Mary Hermesch Brucken
1920–2007
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Raymond Joseph Hermesch
1922–2003
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Rita Rose Hermesch Buser
1924–1999
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Rita Rose Hermesch Perdue
1924–1999
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Lucy E. Hermesch
1926–1928
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Lambert August Hermesch
1927–2002
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Frederick J. "Fred" Hermesch
1929–2007
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Kenneth W. Hermesch
1931–1942
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SP3 Lawrence Edwin Hermesch
1933–2019
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