James "Jim" Joseph "Jim" Hermens

James Hermens passed peacefully on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.

Jim was born on February 21, 1931, to parents Joseph and Katie Hermens in Forest Grove, Oregon, the fourth of eleven children.

He spent his childhood through his seventh grade year on his family's farm in Verbort. From there, his family moved to Yamhill where Jim met his high school sweetheart and eventual wife, Wilma. He and Wilma were married on August 18, 1951, and they settled down in Yamhill, where they raised their two daughters, Debbie and Cindy, and their son, Ken.

An avid hunter and fisherman, Jim spent most of those years as a milkman for Farmer's Cooperative Creamery in McMinnville. He retired from there in 1989 and he and Wilma became enthusiastic snowbirds, spending winter months in Yuma, Arizona. Both Jim and Wilma were devout Catholics, attending St. John's and St. James Parishes.

Jim was predeceased by Wilma, who passed away in 2016. Their extended family included six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at St. James Catholic Church on Wednesday, July 23rd. Rosary begins at 10:30am, with Mass at 11:00am. Interment will take place at St. James Cemetery.