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Liam David Hermsen
07/11/1980 — 11/08/2009
From Kennewick, WA, US | Born in San Diego, CA
Liam David Hermsen
Liam David Hermsen born in San Diego, CA July 1980 returned home to God Nov 8, 2009. Liam was a writer and artist.
He is survived by his parents Timothy and Deirdre Hermsen of Kennewick, WA, his older brother Owen Hermsen of Seattle, WA and many aunts, uncles and cousins who loved him dearly.
Liam was preceded in death by his grandparents and Uncles, M. Paul and Mike.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 11:00am at the Holy Spirit Church in Kennewick, WA.
Memorial contributions can be made to Tri-Cities Washington Narcotics Anonymous, PO Box 3925, Pasco, WA 99301 509-546-8244.
I still dream about you. In some you’re just there, in the background, living life. In most, I find you hiding away from the troubles in life. Letting all believe you’ve gone because it made changing easier. I guess, in a sense, this is the closest to the truth. Your energy is here, around us, no longer struggling to find a grip. I still miss the way you believed in me. The way you you taught me to fight for myself. I still remember every moment of that day. Burned in my mind. I can’t wait to aee.your face again and replace those ugly pictures in my.mind. This year really hit me for some reason.
Everyday…
i miss you buddy…. still thinking of you all the time.
When I find beautiful, moving, new music, its YOU I think of first. My brain hasn’t gotten that part yet…I hope it never does.
Thanks to all who cared for Laim. Live in wellnes!
What a tragic loss. I still remember the days of Mrs. Willingham’s Food Science Class … you made us all laugh. See you on the other side buddy.
I miss you so much, Friend.
I know you knew how much I loved you.
I know you knew how much you inspired me.
What you’ll never know, sadly enough, is that you have saved me.
Please know that you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. I am so very sorry!
I am so sorry for your loss.
God bless!!
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Tim and family,
We are so sorry to hear about the loss of your son. We pray you and your family will be comforted by the Lord during your time of loss
Love and God Bless
Loren Albee and Family
not a day goes by that I don’t think about you.
Tim, Dee,
So Sorry, nothing can compare to the loss of a child. My condolences.
Your Brother, Patrick
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Muriel Lofthus
Liam is an amazing soul overflowing with lifes energies. He blessed so man of us with his presence, never a dull moment. We will always have a smile thinking of you, Peace Liam and i send my prayers of Love and Highest Blessings to you and your Family. GOD BLESS ALL OF US……WE MISS YOU MAN….Thanks for the great memories…………
I’m so sorry for your loss. I knew Liam in high school and I can remember how hilarious he was. He could make anyone laugh no matter how down and out they were. You will all be in my prayers, I am so very sorry.
Peacefully rest knowing you have freedom from all harm. Broken hearts will mend as you grow in heavens arms…we never forget you kids…..diane shepherd
Liam and I were very close friends throughout school, he was always a very special person who had the gift of touching the heart of anyone he came into contact with. He is at peace now and he will live on through all of us . Tim,Dee, Owen , you will all be in my thoughts and prayers.
Liam was one of my closest friends. I loved him. Maybe too much for my own good sometimes. I’ve been trying to write for you this past week, I promised I would, but nothing will come out. I think maybe I’ve yet to comprehend what I’ve really lost. My chest just aches with too much air. I apologize for the lack of eloquence. You deserve better.
I’m so sorry I couldn’t say goodbye. I just couldn’t find a way out there in time. I love you.
I am very sad to read this. I send thoughts to Owen and his parents.
I recall Liam as always being so full of joy and happiness and more than his share of mischief. I have not seen him in many years, but recall the little brother of my friend Owen, very fondly.
He was always eager to trade things with me and I still have the army footlocker he gave me, it is used as my seven year olds dress up box… and his name will always be painted, with a big LadyBird “L” on the top of my VW.
Liam and I were friends for a long time, We met in 6th grade at a baseball card trading convention at our middle school, I thought he was so cool, he had on a bomber jacket and talked different than any other kid i had ever met. We had some crazy times together growing up. It is unfortunate, however, that his addictions led him to hurt many people that loved him throughout his life and that decisions he made ultimately severed some really close ties. We had lost contact over the years but I have always wished him well and hoped he would overcome his struggles.
The absolute truth, and something I never shared with him, is that he sparked me as a writer and an artist. We started rapping together and freestyling in high school. He unlocked something in me that i was unaware of, and didn’t know existed within myself. It is a path I have followed and its lead me to a living doing what I love. For that I am eternally grateful. It is those times I hold on to as positive memories of him. Tim and Dee and Owen I wish you best and I am truly sorry for your loss. Take care.
Sincerely
Matt Gano
I have been trying to come up with something to write in here that would do Liam justice. And I have come to the conclusion that there may just not be the words to do so, so all I can do is give it my best. Liam had quickly become my best friend. I am so amazingly blessed to have been able to get to know the beautiful soul that he was inside and out. He was always able to make me smile regardless of the situation and he always knew what to say to remind me that I was loved. He taught me more about how to love myself than I had tried to learn on my own in the past 29 years. I owe him so much for showing me how to find myself. He has given me the most wonderfully genuine gifts that anyone has ever before. Broken bits and pieces was my life, but he seemed to fit in just right. Maybe that because he was broken too. I will forever remember you kid. Keep your head up and that wonderful smile.
Liam was a great guy. He could make me laugh like no one else. I only just found out last night so i’m pretty tore up. I’ll try to write more once it really clicks in.
To those who knew our son Liam David Hermsen, it is our family’s intention to disperse his ashes at sea near the city of his birth San Diego, CA on the weekend of his birthday this July ,2010.
Those wishing to participate may contact Liam’s family regarding the particulars. Liam was happy and excited to surf the San Diego region and it seems most fitting to let his remains go to rest there.
T.D.Hermsen
I REMEMBER WHEN YOU ME AND JESSICA WENT DRUNK FISHING IN THE DARK AND I WASWINING AND JESSICA PUNCHED ME IN THE FACE AND I DID SOMETHING TO HER AND WE ALL WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY BRUSIED HUNGOVER AND CONFUSED BUT IT WAS FUN. WE LAUGHED ABOUT IT THE NEXT DAY. MISS MAKING MEMORIES LIKE THAT. WE WERE CRAZY KIDS AND I KNOW MY EX HUSBAND KEITH WA ALS VERY HURT. I WISH I COULD HAVE MADE IT TO YOUR FUNERAL BUT I FELT I DIDN’T KNOW YOU WELL ENOUGH. YOU HELPED ME IN A WAY THOUGH TO ACCEPT MYSELF AND NOT BE AFRAID TO SPEAK MY MIND, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT!! YOU WERE ALWAYS A RIOT AVERY UNIQIE INDIVIDUAL WHO ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING ORIGINAL TO SAY. GOING TO MISS THAT MIND COULD HAVE GONE SO MANY PLACES WITH IT. GOODBYE LIAM HOPEFULLY YOU CAN RUN YOUR MOUTH UP THERE.
~DANI AND CHLDREN
I used to give Liam a ride to school every day and he was a real funny guy. He always wanted to smoke, but I would always tell him I was enjoying the fresh morning air. He would always ask, “Pete are you enjoying the air or can I smoke today?” Also there was a Fugazi song called, “repeater” and he would always come up to me and rub my head saying…one, two, threeee, “rub peter”. Those were the days. Rest in peace homie. -wows
I still cannot breathe. I have just begun to actually be able to think about you…after well over a year.i cant even call lida mimmy… Liam you would trip baby- I am going to be the Queen of the festa this year! I swear you spoke it into being with all your talk of me being your queen, your portuguese princess…
I miss you so much…God forbid I would ever go someplace else before you! then what would you do. Baby my faith-my earth- everything I believed god..heaven- it has all been shattered. lover, I know that if two souls were ever tied-if ever two people shared one heart…it was mine with yours.if there I thank you so much for being the best friend i ever had, for being the only man I wanted to marry& to give babies to, and for being the only thing I wanted- really just wanted for myself out of this life. You were my favorite person, and so coor.I want to tell you baby- how sorry i am that i couldn’t take all the bads away-that i couldnt giv enuf good maybe.dusdo4ev
For those who wish to know. the trial of Liam’s confessed murderer has been rescheduled to start Aug. 25, 2011. in Benton county, Washington State.
One outcome of this terrible circumstance is the information that Liam did not die, as some suspected, of his own intentional act but because of the ill intent and deliberate act of another.
I still miss you every day. It’s amazing that someone can come into your life for such a short period of time and have the effect on someone the way you did me. I continue to take you with me everywhere and always will my friend. Thank you again and always for being something so true.
There is not a day, not one day that I dont miss you.. You saved my life, you loved me unconditionally, protected/cared for me when I couldnt on my own.. My second chance came from you, and I will never foreget that..
there isnt a piece of pavement or tag in this city that doesnt remind me of you, I know your watching out, and I keep my faith in you love <3
all my heart forever and allways yours.
a.love
liam was truely a wonderful guy. i remember vividly the momories of us laughing and having fun when we were kids. i met him first in 7th grade at bethlem lutheran middle school, when he first came i was the first person to welcome him and we both had a friendship from that day until we went our seperate ways to different highschools. i felt a connection to him and his personality and sense of humor. it truely breaks my heart, losing him is something that so many feel. i am fortunate to have known him for the time i did. my prayers go out to his family. he is missed. i still tell stories of him and of our time together to this day and i will for the rest of my life.
It is with extreme sadness that we learn of Liam’s passing. We just learned this and remember when he was born and the joy he brought Tim and Deirdre. What a shock to us. It increases our regret that we’ve not been able to maintain contact with the family over the three decades since we lived in the apartment under them.
We offer our sincere condolences.
–kersh
I miss Liam. I just learned of this tragedy and I am truly sad. My prayers go out to friends and family.
I remember a great time visiting Liam in Wa. during the fourth of July where we set off fire works and did many other fun things around that time. We would always act like goofballs and one time tied to convince his friend that I had “special challenges”, which is more true than not. I will miss Liam, I will miss his humor, his laugh and his friendship.
The last time we talked you promised me that you would be here in the morning.. You never knew that I called to tell you that I loved you.. It was 8 in the morning just a few days before you were gone. When you answered the phone you said that you would be here tomorrow, you told me everything would be ok, I said I was scared, but you told me not to be, that you would make it better. You told me to be strong until you got back. I regret that I didn’t tell you right then how I felt.. I carry that guilt everyday, I worry that if I had just told you that everything would have been different. My only 2 regrets so far in 25 years is letting you go, just hanging up the phone without telling you the truth; And that I didn’t rush to your side when you were in need, you told me what was happening and now that you’re gone it seems so obvious.. I should have been there for you..The last time I was with you, you made me promise to do exactly as you said, and I’ve tried so hard to make you proud.. I’m afraid that if I fail or mess up that I will let you down. Sometimes it feels like I already have. I know you’re still with me, you’re my guardian angel, you’re the reason that I’m still alive.. When I fell out and stopped breathing I could hear your voice and feel you holding onto me until I came to.. they kept asking me, “whose Liam?”. I couldn’t stop screaming for you until I realized where I was and it felt like losing you all over again. I’m so afraid that I will forget, I close my eyes and try to remember all the little things, your tattoos, the sound of your voice, the color of your eyes, the shape of your hands. I miss how safe I felt sleeping next to you. Sometimes you feel so close. As I get older I miss you more. My friends are having babies and when I see them I wish I hadn’t squandered my chance when I had it. You deserved so much more, I feel so guilty, like everything is my fault.. You are so beautiful, couldn’t you tell that I was in love with you too? <3
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Liam David Hermsen