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Joseph Herger Obituary
Joseph L. Herger Jr., 87, passed away Wednesday at his home in Vallejo.
Joseph was born to Christina Kiser Herger and Joseph Louis Herger on June 3, 1922 in San Francisco and the family moved to Vallejo in 1926. He
attended McKinley Elementary School, Vallejo junior and senior high schools, graduating with the class of 1940. He attended Vallejo Junior College and Mare Island Apprentice School and served in the U.S. Navy during WWII.
Joseph retired from the Planning and Estimating Department of Mare Island Naval Shipyard in 1980. He enjoyed working, gardening, history, music, dancing and being a member of the BPOE No. 559, Sons of Italy and the Vallejo Moose Lodge.
He was preceded in death by his parents and by his sister, Alma Herger.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Lucille; his children, Cpt. Joseph (Vicki), U.S. Navy retired of Virginia, Lucille (James) Ezell of Novato and Louis of Vallejo; grandson, Joseph (Gina) of
San Francisco; granddaughter, Elizabeth of Novato;
sisters, Christine (Richard) Lemke and Dorothy Herger, all of Vallejo, and Bernice (Melvin) Strawn of Colorado.
Visitation will be held 4 to 8 p.m. Monday,
May 17, with the Rosary at 7 p.m. at Twin Chapels Mortuary, 1100 Tennessee St., Vallejo. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 18, at St. Basil's Catholic Church, 1230 Nebraska St., Vallejo. Burial will follow at All Souls Catholic Cemetery, Vallejo.
Memorial contributions are preferred to Kaiser Hospice, 975 Sereno Drive, Vallejo, CA 94589.
Please sign the online guestbook at www.timesheraldonline.com.
Arrangements are under the direction and care of Twin Chapels Mortuary, Vallejo (707) 552-6696.
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Memories and Condolences
for Joseph Herger
May 23, 2010
Dear Lucille,
Ed and I just returned to town after a trip to find out our Joe has left us. We will miss him a lot! He was always smiling and happy. He did a lot for many people, including the two of us.Our deepest sympathy to you and your family.
Love,Ed and Gwen Silveria, Vallejo
Rica Ramirez
May 20, 2010
My Deepest sympathy to the Herger Family. Joe was a wonderful person. God bless.
Dan Mathews
May 19, 2010
Herger Family, Our deepest sympathy goes out to all of you. Joe was a great person. We Have several great memories.
Ada Bucy
May 17, 2010
My heart goes out to you Lucille E. I am so sorry to hear of your Dad's death. May your good memories of your time with him give you comfort.
Daniel Flanigan
May 17, 2010
Herger family, I am so sorry for your loss. My Dad really enjoyed Joe and they shared memories of McKinley, VJHS and VSHS, apprentice school, VJC, WWII, raising families, Mare Island, and the Elks Lodge. While Joe was in Planning and Estimating, Dad was in Shipfitting #11. I visited your home and regarded Cap'n Joey Junior as a good friend. Dad sends his regards and regrets.
Judy Mathews Acha
May 17, 2010
My deepest sympathy to all of the families related to Joe.
I will always remember him with that constant smile and twinkling eyes.
He was a very nice man.
Margo Adams
May 17, 2010
Joe was such a generous kind man- always caring and giving with a contagious smile and a wonderful heart. He was so full of stories of life and Vallejo. I am certain he is watching over his family whom he loved so dearly. My heartfelt sympathy is with your family.
Yvonne Healy
May 16, 2010
You have my deepest sympathy.
Rene' Miller (Wolseth)
May 16, 2010
While cleaning up the guest room at my house today, a picture fell on the floor and I bent to pick it up. There shown with a big smile on his face was Joe, along with the rest of the family in a pic. taken in 1998! I cannot believe how uncanny this was considering the current circumstance. Perhaps it was meant to be that I share this here because I do think it was a sign that Joe's ok and is watching over us. My thoughts and prayers are with the family.
May 16, 2010
Throughout the seventy two years I have been in the family, I have never seen Joe without a smile, or a laugh. He had a great outlook on life, and was fun to be around. He will be missed.
Nancy and I would like to extend our deepest sympathy to Lucille, Joseph, Lois, Lucille Ezell, and family.
It is with regret that we wont be attending the services due to health reasons.
Les and Nancy Wolseth
May 15, 2010
Dear Lucille and Family, I am so sorry that Joe is gone, I know how many nice things he did for many people in Vallejo and how much he loved and enjoyed his family. Our thoughts are with all of you. Marge & Dick Christensen (Aunt of Joe and sister of Chris)
jack McMenamin
May 14, 2010
joe and i worked together for many years in the pipe shop and in planning and estimating. he was a wonderful fellow and did some plumbing for me he also donated his time to doing plumbing for senior citizens for free.my son John also worked with him. my regards to his wife lucille,
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