Jeanne Marie Hermann passed away peacefully on 11/25/2024 at The Mary Culver Home for Visually Impaired Women where Jeanne had been a resident in
Kirkwood, MO for the past several years. She was 73 years old. Jeanne was born at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis on 9/27/1951 to Richard and Starr Hermann and was
the oldest of Richard and Starr’s nine children. Jeanne attended St.
Pius V Grade School (she later became an active member of St. Pius V
Parish) and St. Francis DeSales High School. Jeanne attended Webster College in St. Louis where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology with Honors. Jeanne went on to obtain her graduate degree from St. Louis University School of Nursing in 1974, after which she completed the required training to become a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP). Jeanne devoted most of her career as a PNP to young patients at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis in the emergency room and then in various different specialty clinics including hematology and urology. During 1976 and 1977 Jeanne worked as a Nurse Practitioner at a medical clinic in Ghana, Africa where she assisted in providing all forms of medical and personal care to those in need. Jeanne was recognized as a Fellow in the National Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and throughout her career she received numerous accolades and awards, including Tributes to Missouri Nurses in 1989, 1991, and 1992. Jeanne saw her two sons, Timothy and Daniel Hermann, as her greatest accomplishments. She adopted Timothy when he was 12 months old from an orphanage in India. Daniel was in foster care in Guatemala until Jeanne adopted him when he was 5 months old. Timothy Hermann currently resides with his wife Diana Ord and their daughter Cora Starr Hermann in Denver. Jeanne suffered a heart-breaking loss when her son Daniel died at the age of 35 in February 2021. Jeanne is survived by her son Timothy (Diana Ord), her granddaughter Cora Starr, her 8 siblings, numerous nieces and nephews, and many friends and admirers. Jeanne was extremely bright and conscientious. She was generous and humble to a fault. Her quick wit and sense of humor remained intact and on full display through the many health challenges
she faced during the past decade of her life. She will be missed but fondly remembered by many. A gathering to honor and celebrate Jeanne’s life will take place in the Spring of 2025.
What a lovely tribute to a your mother, sister, and aunt who touched countless lives for the better. Sending all of you our prayers for God’s grace and peace..
I was so sorry to hear about Jeanne passing.I saw her last On Memorial day. I always brought her Oatmeal raisins cookies and tried to visit every month, but my husband has not been in good health last few months.I always admired her for her work in Ghana and adopting two boys from poor countries and all her years in Nursing. I remember when we were 14 years old we both volunteered at The American Red Cross weighing babies at a health clinic. We reconnected when I was working at Mary Culver home,I am sorry she had so many health problems.Please keep me posted when you have a Memorial service, I would like to come