Dorothy Herman Obituary
Dorothy was born June 8, 1921, in Manistee County's Pleasanton Township, the daughter of the late Frank J. and Nettie M. (Reed) Robbins. She graduated from Arcadia High School and then earned a nursing degree in Traverse City. Dorothy was a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Army as a First Lieutenant with the 239th General Hospital. On January 1, 1949, she married Willard Joseph Herman; he preceded her in death on June 9, 2001.
She was a member of VFW Post # 6333 in Kaleva and also was involved with the American Red Cross. Dorothy loved to write poetry and enjoyed reading and coin collecting.
Dorothy is survived by her brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Jerry and Mary Alice Herman of Suttons Bay; and locally by her nephew, Jerry (Joyce) Schroeder of Arcadia. Several additional nieces and nephews also survive.
Private family services will be held with burial in Pleasanton Township Cemetery in Bear Lake.
Memorials in Dorothy's name may be directed to Munson Hospice or Arcadia United Methodist Church.
The family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Bear Lake.
This obituary was originally published in the Record-Eagle.
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2 Entries
Patti Bailey
August 26, 2008
When I am dead, my dearest
When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.
I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.
By Christina Rossetti
The Poetry Foundation
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