Janet L. Herman, 91 of Coldwater passed away Monday, March 29, 2021 at Drews Place while under hospice care.
In following her wishes, cremation has taken place and the family will have a celebration of Janet’s life at a later date. The family was cared for by Dutcher Funeral Home.
Janet Laura Robinson was born in 1930 in Coldwater, Michigan. She enjoyed a close relationship with her brother Liam and sister Ann. Her childhood was marked by the death of her beloved father Philip. Janet attended Coldwater High School and graduated in 1948. Janet attended Kalamazoo College and continued her studies at the University of Michigan, earning a Master Degree in Social Work in 1955. Education was very important to her and bestowed her love of learning to her family.
Following college, she worked as a Social Worker in both clinical, courts and family settings. She was very proud of her work advocating for children and emotionally / developmentally disadvantaged generiatric patients. She was commended for her work placing generiatric patients in homecare settings.
Janet returned to Coldwater frequently where she met her husband George Herman while they were both sailing on Coldwater Lake.
Janet had a great sense of humor and was a lifelong Democrat. She dearly loved splitting her time between Coldwater Lake and her beloved family home on N. Monroe Street. She enjoyed sharing her home with guests and never missed an opportunity to talk about her family’s history. She also enjoyed opera, reading and traveling. Later in life, she took up genealogy and was delighted to experiment with family recipes with her beloved sister Ann.
Janet was preceded in death by her parents, Harold Robinson and Ruth (Byers) Robinson; and her husband, George Frank Herman.
She survived by her son, George Dean Herman (Theresa Herman) of Coldwater, Michigan; son, Philip Herman of Coldwater, daughter Laura Herman (Matthew Lynch); grandchildren, Heather Wood (Justin Wood), Thomas Herman (Nicole Herman); great grandchildren, Emily Wood, Alexis Wood and Braylon Wood; Desmond Distel, Zebulon Lynch, nieces and nephews; and extended generations of family members.
Janet will be sorely missed.
Memorials can be directed to Tibbits Opera House, the Branch County Humane Society, or the Branch District Library.
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