Gerald Latham (Jerry) Herriman1
M, #26875, b. 18 December 1927, d. 12 April 2010
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Biography
Gerald Latham (Jerry) Herriman was born on 18 December 1927 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.
1,2 He died on 12 April 2010, at age 82, in White Lake, Oakland, Michigan.
2 He was buried in Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly, Oakland, Michigan.
Gerald Herriman
2008-08-04
assigned to NABU 13, Shanghai
Served 1945 - 1946
I served at a small shore facility (NABU 13 - Warehouses etc...) on the side of the Huangpoo river a few miles down stream of the Bund. As a F1c, I supervised civilians operating water treatment on the small base and voluntarily served as a fire fighter and was billited with the base fire department next to the mess hall. Daily, I collected water samples and drove my weapons carrier accross Shanghai to a Hospital where I left the water samples and obtained results of prior samples I had delivered. We treated the municipal water which was contaminated by pumping it through stone filters and chlorinated the water. On my daily trip accross Shanghai I usually stopped at the bowling alley in the facility at the Race Course where I bowled and ate Steak and Eggs. I had a great time, and celebrated my 18th birthday while there. I was there when the city changed from the English method to the american method of driving on the right side of the road on January 1st 1946. I learned to drive while there and was issued a drivers license by asking my commanding officer for one. I took no test. Just taught myself. That experience set me on my career of water and sewage treatment working for the U. S. Air Force as a civilian employee and eventually retired from the city of Warren MI having served as the Superintendent (Sanitary Engineer) for the prior 20+ years.
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WEF [Water Environment Federation] Awards
William D. Hatfield Award
Given to operators of wastewater treatment plants for outstanding performance and professionalism.
1980 - Gerald L. Herriman
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TAPS 2010
Gerald Herriman
On Thursday April 22 the Legion Honor Guard provided a Rifle Team, Color Guard, and Bugler for U.S. Navy WWII Veteran Gerald Herriman at the Presbyterian church in Milford. Honor Guard members participating were John Nelson, John Robinson, Dale Feigley, Rich Chowaniec, Ron Nevorski, Nortie Caswell, Don Stevenson, and Larry Shaver (AMVET). Rich commanded the Firing Team, Don was the Bugler, and Larry and Nortie carried the Colors.
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Published in Iosco County News-Herald from Apr. 28 to May 4, 2010
Obituary
Gerald L. Herriman
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Jerry Herriman Remembrance
Posted by Donald Gillis
The Rotary Club of Milford remembers long-time member of the club and former member of the Warren Rotary Club who passed away April 12, 2010.
A Memorial Service will be held at Milford Presbyterian Church, 238 N. Main Street, Milford, on Thursday, April 22nd at 11 AM. The Reverend Deborah V. Kerr will officiate. Friends are welcome at Lynch & Sons Funeral Home, 404 E. Liberty, Milford, Wednesday, April 21st, 4 - 9 PM. Memorials may be made to the Rotary Club of Milford MI Foundation or Milford Presbyterian Church. For further information please call 248-684-6645.
December 18, 1927 - April 12, 2010, Gerald L. Herriman (Jerry), 82, of White Lake, MI, died Monday, April 12, 2010 at the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver.
Jerry was born in Detroit, MI on December 18, 1927, to Clarence J. and Gladys E. (Latham) Herriman. He attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit, leaving after his junior year (age 17) to enter the US Navy on June 19, 1945. He received training at the US Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, IL and was shipped overseas in September 1945. He was stationed at Naval Advance Base Unit 13, USN shore facilities, Shanghai, USN port facilities China. He earned the WW II victory medal and the Asiatic Pacific Area ribbon and was honorably discharged on August 16, 1946. He completed his high school education in 1947 in Tawas City, MI and attended the freshman year at the University of MI. He began work in water treatment as a civilian employee at Wurtsmith AFB in Oscoda in 1951.
He met Joyce Isola, and they were married shortly after Joyce graduated from high school in June of 1951. Their first child, Diana, was born in September of 1952. Four years later, the family moved to Chateauroux, France, where Jerry was employed for four years at La Martinerie, a large supply depot for the USAF in Europe. A second daughter, Rebecca, was born on November 6, 1957. The family returned to the States in September 1960. Gerald began classes at Michigan Technological University, and on Christmas Day their son Robert was born. After a class in Engineering Economics, Jerry decided the money was running out too fast and chose to leave school and return to the work force. He found a position in water supply and waste water treatment at Walker AFB in Roswell, NM, and the family moved there in the fall of 1961. In 1967, the government closed Walker and Jerry found employment as Superintendent of the City of Warren's Advanced Waste Water Treatment Plant. He worked for the city of Warren until his retirement in 1988.
In 1997, Joyce and Jerry relocated to a new home on McWithy Lake in White Lake, MI. Jerry was an active member of the Warren and Milford Rotary Clubs; First United Methodist Church of Warren and Milford Presbyterian Church; Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG); and Michigan Water Environment Association (MWEA). Throughout his thirty years of service to SEMCOG and MWEA, Jerry chaired and served on numerous committees in water quality and authored a book dealing with water treatment. At the time of his death, he served on the Committee on Preparation for Ministry with the Presbytery of Detroit. Listed below are some of his environmental activities over the past few decades.
COMMITTEES: Former Chairperson of the Clinton River Watershed Council Former vice chairperson of the Area Wide Water Quality Board Member or the Clinton River Remedial Action Plan Public Advisory Council Member of the SEMCOG Environmental Policy Action Committee Member of the 208 plan Update Committee, which updated the Water Quality Management Plan for Southeast Michigan. Charter member of the White Lake Environmental Review Board until it was disbanded. Member of the Michigan Water Environment Association.
Gerald is survived by his wife Joyce (Isola) Herriman; two daughters, Diana and husband Thomas Paonessa of Sterling Heights, and Rebecca and husband Michael Franchock of Milford; and son Robert Herriman of Royal Oak; one brother C. Arthur Herriman and wife Marian of Ceresco, MI; and one sister Marion and husband Gene Morrison of Englewood, FL. Also surviving are [six] grandchildren; Elizabeth (Paonessa) Mathews and husband Daniel, Katherine (Paonessa) Schaeffer and husband Joseph, Angela (Paonessa) Reynolds and husband Ryan, Deborah (Paonessa) Lucksted and husband Christopher, and Rachel and Madeline Franchock, along with many cousins, nieces, and nephews.
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Gerald L. Herriman
December 18, 1927 - April 12, 2010
White Lake, Michigan | Age 82
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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Name: Gerald L. Herriman
Last Residence: 48386 White Lake, Oakland, Michigan
Born: 18 Dec 1927
Died: 12 Apr 2010
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951)
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Gerald L. Herriman
Birth: Dec. 18, 1927
Death: Apr. 12, 2010
F1 US Navy - World War II
Burial: Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Plot: SECTION 4 SITE 472
Created by: Twist
Record added: May 18, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial # 52526101.
Citations
- [S113] 1930 US Census
- [S116] Social Security Death Index