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Refugio Maria Herbert
1941 - 2025
BORN
1941
DIED
2025
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Refugio Herbert Obituary
Doris was born Nov. 6, 1941, in Manley, Iowa, the daughter of Raphael and Refugio (Torres) Bravo.
In 1960, she was united in marriage with Maurice Espinoza and together they had a daughter, Ana, born in 1969. They later divorced and on July 3, 1982, she was married to Raphael "Ray" Herbert, who preceded her in death on Aug. 18 of this year.
In 2001, Doris achieved her lifelong dream of being a massage therapist and sharing her gift of love and healing with others by opening Inner Peace Massage Therapy Clinic in Hamilton with her daughter.
Doris took great comfort in studying her Bible and in the knowledge of her salvation by claiming God as her Lord and Savior who died on the cross to forgive our sins. Doris was so many things to so many people, but being a mother and grandmother is what she loved above all else. Doris had a remarkable life – from contracting polio as a toddler to spending years of her life in an iron lung; upon receiving a polio-free child, her parents were also informed she would never walk or move again – to walking, working, and eventually having a family.
Doris is survived by her youngest daughter, Ana (Don) Maria Espinoza LeVesque; grandchildren, Alicia (Christian) LeVesque and Joshua LeVesque and his sweet girlfriend, Destany Martin.
Doris requested that everyone that has taken part in her medical journey be thanked and to know how much gratitude she holds for you. Doris also wanted to make sure that a very special thank you would go to the beautiful Lee County Hospice team that attended to both her and Ray.
Cremation Rites have been accorded.
Printy Funeral Home of Hamilton is in charge of arrangements.
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