Willie Fred Herms

Will Herms was born in Bastrop County, Texas to John Carl Herms and Lillie Lenora Pettit on August 14, 1947 and passed away at a local Houston hospital on May 6, 2015.

He married Wanda Garcia (now Wanda Boyer of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) and adopted Wanda’s daughter, Cecelia (now of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma). In October of 1977, Wanda and Will welcomed their daughter, Sarah Herms Bryant (now of Colorado Springs, Colorado).

The second of four children, he was preceded in death by his parents and his sister Lillie Eva Herms. He is also survived by his older brother Johnnie E. Herms of Austin, Texas, younger brother Carl Jack Herms (Debby), niece, Carrie Herms of Houston, nephew, Matthew (Karen) Herms of Katy and friend, Samantha Simonetti.

Will left school at an early age to work with his father in timber cutting in the Central Texas area around Bastrop, Texas. After working in road maintenance for Bastrop County, he moved to the Houston area in the early 1970’s and was employed in furniture delivery and warehousing for Star Furniture and Sunniland Furniture in Houston, and in the express delivery business as an independent contractor. After sustaining a back injury in an automobile accident, he was forced to retire from this work. Will, not comfortable being idle, kept busy by doing mostly volunteer work around the condominium project where he lived. He felt most alive in the company of others, lending a helping hand or word. He will be sorely missed.

A Visitation will be held in the Chapel of Beresford Funeral Service on Sunday evening, May 10, 2015 from 6 to 8 PM. A Graveside service will be held at 1PM on Monday, May 11, 2015 at Ridgeway Cemetery in Paige, Texas.