Vera grew up in Poughkeepsie with her brothers John and Jim Coombs. It is there that she met her eventual husband, William A Herman and attended college.
After getting married she was living and working for IBM in Manhattan with her husband William. She found time for some of the things she loved, painting, time at the beach in Manasquan, NJ, photography, reading, ice skating, skiing and playing tennis. Three years after the birth of her first son William, the family moved to Fair Haven, NJ in 1969. Soon after, her second son Brian was born. She focused on her new home and family for approximately the next twelve years until she went back to college at Brookdale Community College then reentered the workforce at Red Band Regional High School and eventually back into the IT field with Digital Equipment Corp and HP.
Raising the family in NJ also allowed her to enjoy two other passions of hers, gardening and a love for animals as the family dog Morgan and the three cats came into the household. Vera and her family over the years spent time on vacations at both Long Beach Island, NJ, Vermont, the Hamptons in NY and the Poconos in PA. Typically these vacations included family and close friends of the family. Once in NJ the family also regularly played golf, tennis, enjoying both a local beach and country club. She fostered a strong sense of family, a passion for outdoor activities, a love for animals and the environment. These and her love of the arts and stressing the importance of learning also made her the perfect grandmother.
In 1993 she and her husband bought a house in Boca Raton FL around the corner from her son Brian. There she resumed her career at Lynn University. After the passing of her husband she was volunteer for the Boca Raton Public Library (book shipments to her granddaughter from Vera was a regular occurrence). She finally relocated to St Andrews Estates in 2018 where she met many new friends.
Surviving Vera is her 2 sons William and Brian, their wives Ruth and Renee. Also her grandchildren, Christopher Herman, William Herman IV, Marissa Herman and Emmi Herman as well as her brother Jim.
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