Donald Lee Hermes Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Donald Lee Hermes of Joplin, Missouri, who passed away at the age of 86, on November 7, 2024. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
As we bid Donald Lee farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Donald Lee is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
He is survived by: his wife Mary Joyce; his children, Denise Marie Bednorz (James) and Dennis Michael Hermes (Tracy); his wife's children, Sheryl Mae Welfel (Thomas), Melisa Joyce Rogers (Jim), Terry Kurtz (Tommy) and Bruce W. Welborn (Tonja); and his sister Shirley Johnson. He is also survived by his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Memorial contributions can be made to Solace House of the Ozarks, 2425 S. Mina Ave, Joplin, Missouri, 64804.