Julius "Jules" was loving husband of Helen. Survived by son, Howard Herbon, and daughters, Eleanor Johnson and Evelyn Herbon. Parents: Herman and Hanna Bogda Herbon. Loving grandfather of Thomas, Sandra, Kim, Jill, Susan and Jack. Brothers: Henry, August, Joseph, John, and William. Sisters: Minnie, Helen and Dorothy. Julius' parents emigrated to the United States from Trier, Germany, on the ship the Circassia and landed in New York on 5/15/1888. The family settled in Wilmette, Illinois. He lived his entire life in Wilmette. His chores and jobs in the Village of Wilmette have ranged from that of lamplighter in his boyhood to stable boy in his youth, when he exercised horses on what is now Wilmette Beach. He said "going for a swim with a horse in those days was a real thrill, one you couldn't do today." In later years, he went into the livery business with his brothers. When the horse went out of style, the automobile came into his life, this time as a taxi. He operated a fleet of cabs, and put up Wilmette's first gasoline pump in 1913. He sold the taxi business, and operated with his son, Howard, The Herbon Garage, 732 Twelfth Street, Wilmette, Illinois. He was a member of the Wilmette One Thousand Club at the Masonic Temple.
Julius "Jules" was loving husband of Helen. Survived by son, Howard Herbon, and daughters, Eleanor Johnson and Evelyn Herbon. Parents: Herman and Hanna Bogda Herbon. Loving grandfather of Thomas, Sandra, Kim, Jill, Susan and Jack. Brothers: Henry, August, Joseph, John, and William. Sisters: Minnie, Helen and Dorothy. Julius' parents emigrated to the United States from Trier, Germany, on the ship the Circassia and landed in New York on 5/15/1888. The family settled in Wilmette, Illinois. He lived his entire life in Wilmette. His chores and jobs in the Village of Wilmette have ranged from that of lamplighter in his boyhood to stable boy in his youth, when he exercised horses on what is now Wilmette Beach. He said "going for a swim with a horse in those days was a real thrill, one you couldn't do today." In later years, he went into the livery business with his brothers. When the horse went out of style, the automobile came into his life, this time as a taxi. He operated a fleet of cabs, and put up Wilmette's first gasoline pump in 1913. He sold the taxi business, and operated with his son, Howard, The Herbon Garage, 732 Twelfth Street, Wilmette, Illinois. He was a member of the Wilmette One Thousand Club at the Masonic Temple.
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