Rosemarie Herkommer

Rosemarie Herkommer, born on July 26, 1930, lived a long life shaped by education, community service, and family. Her academic studies included St. Barbara and St. Alphonsus in Dearborn, Michigan. She received a BA from Marygrove College in Detroit, Michigan, and an MS from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She went on to build a long service career in education, serving as a teacher from 1954 to 1968 and as a speech therapist from 1968 to 1972. Rosemarie maintained ties to St. Martha Catholic Church and St. Anselm Catholic Church in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. In her personal life, she enjoyed gardening, travel, and competitive bridge. She is survived by her husband of 73 years, Andrew; her sons, Andy Jr. and Mark; her daughter-in-law, Diane Herkommer; her grandchildren, Lindsey DeVries, Michael Herkommer, and Rosalind Canare; and her great-grandchildren, Justin, Peter, Liam, and Lilly DeVries. Rosemarie was the oldest sibling of her large Catholic family. She is also survived by her brother, Leonard Nagi and her sisters Maryann Geoffrey, Penny Schield, Patricia Gammage, Constance Nagi, and Camille Cretins. She was predeceased by her father, Joseph Nagi, her mother, Anna Nagi, her brother Joe Nagi, and her sister Anne Marie Maze. A Celebration of Life will be held on November 8, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. via Microsoft TEAMS. The TEAMS meeting link is shown on the funeral home's obituary page and you can connect through your browser. We will have an open microphone and anybody who wants to share a memory of Rosemarie is invited to do so. In lieu of other expressions, a donation to the Knights of Columbus Charities may be remembered in Rosemarie's honor: https://www.kofc.org/get-involved/donate/ Rosemarie Herkommer will be forever remembered with love and respect for her years in education, service to community organizations, and for the life she shared with her family and those who knew her.