JAN HERRMANN died at home on May 20th. A former Lexington resident, he moved to Woburn with his wife after suffering a stroke in December 2007. Jan was born in Prague, Czech Republic and moved to Austria where he earned a PhD in Physics at the University of Vienna. He had a long career as a physicist at Lincoln Laboratory of Lexington, MA. He enjoyed fine foods, traveling, his vegetable garden, and classical music, and he was known for his dry wit.
He is survived by his wife Nicole (Tessier) Herrmann, his daughters Jeannette Sheahan and her husband Charles and Sonia Holley and her husband Jeffrey, his grandchildren Nolan and Tatum Holley, Bridget and Samantha Sheahan,and his sister Kaja Autler and her children Lilian and Gerald Autler.

There will be visiting hours at Douglass Funeral Home, 51 Worthen Road, Lexington, MA on Friday, May 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. The interment will be private. Jan's life will be celebrated later.