Walter Emmerson Hermes

1930 - 2007  (76 years)

• Name	Walter Emmerson Hermes  [1]
  Birth	27 Dec 1930	Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Jan 2007	Edgewood, Pierce County, Washington   [1, 2]
  Obituary	27 Jan 2007  [1]
  	Walter Emmerson Hermes, 76, of Edgewood, Wash., formerly of Versailles, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2007, at his home. He was born Dec. 27, 1930, in Pekin, Ill., a son of William and Alice Hermes. On Dec. 7, 1952, he was married to his high school sweetheart, Joyce Eggen, who died in 1991. Mr. Hermes graduated from Pekin High School in 1951. He moved to Juneau, Alaska, with his family in 1960. He worked for the state of Alaska. He retired in 1980. He moved to Versailles, before he moved to Edgewood, where he lived with his son and family. Surviving are two sons, Dennis Hermes, and his wife, Linnea, of Edgewood, Wash., and Robin Hermes, of Panguitch, Utah; a sister, Clara Mabee, of Pekin, Ill.; four grandchildren, Trista Burns, Creighton, Rory and Jeremy Hermes; and five great-grandchildren. He was also predeceased by an infant son, Daniel, and two brothers, Eugene and William Hermes. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Greenmore Memorial Gardens in Barnett.
  Reference Number	18291
  Burial	Greenmore Memorial Gardens, Barnett, Morgan County, Missouri   [3]
  	Hermes; Walter E.; 1930-2007; Joyce; 1933-1991
  Person ID	I18200	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William Henry Hermes, Jr,   b. 8 Dec 1896, Werden, Ruhr, Germany d. 26 Feb 1969, Pekin Memorial Hospital, Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Alice Elsie Mabee,   b. 22 Mar 1899, East Peoria, Tazewell County, Illinois d. 3 Jan 1974, Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1 Jan 1919	Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F6905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joyce Joan Eggena,   b. 13 Feb 1933, Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois d. Nov 1991 (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1952  [1]
  Family ID	F15232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, United States Obituary Collection; The Sedalia (Missouri) Democrat, Saturday, January 27, 2007. [S2] Social SecurityDeath Index; Url: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/, and Washington, Death Index, 1940-2017. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Memorial ID 32467465. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940. [S483] Newspapers.com; Url: https://www.newspapers.com/, obit in The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), 27 Feb 1969, Thu, Page 31.