Philip William Hermann

| August 24, 2021 1:00 AM

November 7, 1929 – August 15, 2021

Philip William Hermann Sr., 91, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, in Moses Lake, Washington. Mass of Christian Burial will be said at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 25, at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Moses Lake. Father Daniel G. Dufner will be officiating. Interment to follow at Guarding Angels Cemetery in Moses Lake.

Phil was born on Nov. 7, 1929, to Walter and Elizabeth Hermann in Milton-Freewater, Oregon. He lived on the family orchard in Milton-Freewater, graduating from Eastside Elementary School in 1944 and St. Patrick’s High School in Walla Walla, Washington, in 1948. He attended St. Edward Seminary in Kenmore, Washington, from 1948 to 1952. Phil served in the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1952 to 1956. He married Geneva O’Connell in 1954 in Thermopolis, Wyoming. They then lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Rapid City, South Dakota, while in the USAF, then Milton-Freewater and Pendleton, Oregon, before moving to Moses Lake in 1958.

Phil worked for Standard Stations Inc. for 11 years and then owned and operated Phil’s Chevron from 1969 through 1981. Phil worked for the city of Moses Lake in the Parks and Recreation Department from 1981 until his retirement in 1994. Phil worked as a part-time driver for People to People Transportation from 1994 to 2004. Phil was a longtime member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church.

Phil was preceded in death by his wife Geneva, father Walter, mother Elizabeth and siblings and their spouses Mary and Dick Helling, Richard and Rita Hermann, Robert Kennedy and W. Peter and Lenora Hermann.

Phil is survived by his children, spouses and grandchildren: Mary and Riley Yerxa (Amy, Brian, Kyle, and Eric), John Hermann (Jennifer and Sarah), Joe and Viet Hermann (Michael), Jeanne and Michael Petrin (Christine and Lauren), Philip William Hermann Jr. (Philip, Rob, Mike and Tia), David and Annmarie Hermann (Elizabeth and Joseph) and Eileen and Brian Snyder (Rebecca and Zachary). Phil was also blessed with 18 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to Crossroads Resource Center, www.pregnancywa.com or 509-765-4425.

Please express your thoughts and memories at www.kayserschapel.com. Arrangements are under the care of Kayser’s Chapel of Memories of Moses Lake, Washington.