Jeanette Hackenberg Herman

Jeanette Hackenberg Herman, 91 a longtime resident of Newark, Delaware passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 17, 2019 in the Villas Assisted Living in Spooner, Wisconsin.  A service will be held at 1:00 pm in the chapel of Northern Wisconsin Veteran's Cemetery on Thursday, February 21st.

Jeanette was born on October 17, 1927, the daughter of the late Charles Lee Hackenberg and late Mabel Miller Hackenberg in Penns Creek, Pennsylvania. 

Jeanette always said she was born married. She married Luther, her school sweetheart, in August 1946. Married 72 years, Luther passed away in October 2018. Jeanette couldn't understand why they didn't die together, so her health quickly failed and she passed four months later of a broken heart.

Jeanette and Luther founded Herman's Quality Meat Shoppe in Newark Delaware in 1967.  She was a Soroptimist and was on the Junior Board of the Christiana Hospital. Jeanette loved playing golf, watching football, hosting parties and drinking scotch. 

Jeanette is survived by son Lynn Herman and his wife Audrey Helfman of Spooner, Wisconsin; daughter Terri McKinnell and her husband George McKinnell also of Spooner; son Curtis Herman and his wife Debra Herman of Pocono Manor, Pennsylvania; and her daughter-in-law Christine Herman, widow of deceased son Timothy Herman of Newark, Delaware. Also surviving her is her brother Robert Hackenberg, Sr. She will continue to live on in the hearts of her 13 loving grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and her many nieces and nephews.

Friends are invited to a memorial service for both Jeanette and Luther to be held Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the  First Presbyterian Church, 292 W. Main St. in Newark, Delaware. Visitation at 10:00, service at 11:00.  In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Newark Lions Club or Hospice Regional in Spooner, Wisconsin.  

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