Catherine Maria Herman

Catherine Maria Mathea Herman passed quietly away in the early morning on June 23, 2020 with her husband Tim at her side. Cathy was born on September 7, 1962 to David and Maria Mathea. Two years later the family grew when Cathy's sister Suzann was born. The family was devastated in 2001 when David passed away unexpectedly. Several years later they welcomed Maria's new husband Don Auckerman and were stunned by the loss when he passed away suddenly in 2014. After graduation Cathy took a job at Olde Discount Broker and that was where she met the love of her life, Tim. They were married in an intimate ceremony in 2011. By the time the company they worked for was sold and moved out of state, Cathy had attained the position of Assistant Vice President of Operations. Cathy and Tim were both offered jobs at the new company but decided to stay in Michigan and Cathy used her free time to volunteer at Leader Dogs for the Blind. Cathy enjoyed traveling and one of her favorite places was going with friends and family to Las Vegas where she and Tim would spend hours at a blackjack table. She also loved watching T.V. at home with Tim while waiting for a pizza delivery. Besides being husband and wife, they were also best friends who found each other fascinating and funny. Cathy was an avid reader, an internet shopping master, a gardener and an accomplished cook. She was smart, artistic and a great conversationalist with an amazing and sometimes silly sense of humor. Her love of color was evident when she developed cancer and she went to her chemo treatments wearing a purple wig or to a restaurant wearing one of her assortment of whimsical children's hats she had made especially for her. Cathy and Tim's lives changed dramatically when a stroke caused by the cancer partially paralyzed her and severely limited her ability to speak. Tim decided she belonged at home and he became her primary caregiver. Cathy's days were filled with therapy and time spent with her nurse's aides Julie and Melinda. Cathy and Julie became great friends and one of Tim's best memories is a video where Julie coached Cathy to sing Happy Birthday to Tim. When the cancer took over Tim made the heartbreaking decision to say goodbye for now and Cathy entered hospice a few short weeks before her death. She leaves behind her husband Tim, mother Maria, sister Suzann, pets Dash and GiGi and many life-long friends. She was preceded in death by her father David and step-father Don. Visitation will be at Wm. Sullivan and Son Funeral Home, 8459 Hall Road, Utica, MI on Friday, June 26th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with a 7:00 service officiated by Pastor Stephen Euper. In lieu of flowers, donations made be made to the Leader Dogs for the Blind, P.O. Box 5000. Rochester, MI 48038. Please share a memory with her family at: www.SullivanFuneralDirectors.com

Catherine Maria Herman

September 7, 1962 - June 23, 2020