Janet Herman, a Holocaust survivor and longtime Denver resident, passed away Nov. 29, 2009, in Ocala, Fla.
She will be deeply missed, her family said.
Born in 1926 in Vilna, Lithuania, Mrs. Herman was raised in Paris.
She was sent to a French internment camp in WW II and immigrated to the US in 1947.
Janet Waligora married Marvin Herman on Dec. 26, 1947. The couple came to Denver in the late 1950s.
Mr. Herman died in 2005.
A member of Hadassah, ORT and the Travelers Aid Society, Mrs. Herman later became involved with the Phoenix Philharmonic Symphony.
Mrs. Herman is survived by her children Sheila Jaffe of California and Richard Herman of Florida; grandchildren Anthony, Jenvieve and Alex; and sister Francie Alpert of Denver.
Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
