Herman Broadwater, a Westinghouse Electric Corp. worker and World War II veteran, died July 4 of diabetes-related ailments at Bay Pines Veteran Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Fla. He was 85.
Mr. Broadwater, the son of farmers, was born in Federalsburg and raised in Westernport.
After graduating from Westernport High School in 1942, he came to Baltimore and worked at the old Glenn L. Martin Co. in Middle River, assembling warplanes.
He enlisted in the Army Air Forces in 1943 and was sent to Europe. After the war, he was assigned as a guard to the Nuremberg war crimes trials.
After being discharged from the Army in 1947, Mr. Broadwater returned to Martin, where he worked for several years.
From 1963 until retiring in 1990, Mr. Broadwater was a pricing estimator for Westinghouse Electric Corp. He also held part-time positions at Hardware Fair and the old Hecht Co.
Mr. Broadwater, who had lived for years in Northwood and later in East Baltimore, had lived in St. Petersburg since 1995.
He enjoyed riding his bike, decorating his home for holidays and vacationing in Ocean City.
Plans for services were incomplete Thursday.
Surviving are his wife of 62 years, the former Doris Lynch Bellis; four sons, Glenn H. Broadwater of Baltimore, Stuart P. Broadwater of Owings Mills, Robert G. Broadwater of Arlington, Va., and Lloyd H. Broadwater of St. Simon's Island, Ga.; two brothers, Daniel Broadwater of Baltimore and Clem Broadwater of Westernport; three sisters, Evelyn Fazenbacher, Janet Bradley and Mary Jane Ours, all of Westernport; and three grandchildren.