Birth date: Oct 10, 1947 Death date: Jun 30, 2022
Jerry S. Gerard 1947-2022 Jerry was born at Ft. Meade, MD, the son of Lt. Colonel Stanley R. and Angeline (Schiavoni) Gerard. Stanley had served in the European Theatre during WWII as a finance officer; and received a Bronze Meda Read Obituary
I found out just recently about Jerry's passing..so sad. He was one of my supervisors in my early career in the trenches of Juvenile Hall and he taught a class to me in the Sheriff's Academy about juvenile justice. I returned to probation and he was my supervisor and director in the Special Operations Unit. Under his watch, I was promoted to senior probation officer remaining in unit... Later I was promoted to supervisor....tk u Jerry for your training and supervision.....R I P
Always nice to have Aunt Angie, Uncle Stan, Grace and Jerry visit between deployments when Jerry was a child. Please accept my sympathy.
My first day at Juvenile Hall. Jerrry was the Duty Supervisor. It was raining terribly. Ion my way to work went through a deep puddle on the road. My vehicle stalled. I couldnt start it. The distributor was wet from the puddle. I dried out the distributor and the vehicle started. Needless to say i was late 30 miniutes. Jerry said thank you for coming to work. Now go to unit 900.
I just found out a few hours ago that Jerry Gerard had passed away ... but as fellow true Born Again Christians .... I know he's with our Lord in Heaven.
I first met Jerry back in August, 1979 .. getting out of the Probation Academy. When they asked me where I would prefer to work I said "give me the worse unit, the toughest schedule that nobody would want and the the best shift leader in the building that I can learn from. I went down on my first "day time shift and Jerry was in charge of U-100" By the Book is an understatement We were both ex-Military and that really helped. But man he ran a tight ship.
Upon greeting him I asked him what do you want me to do? He welcomed me and told me in front of everyone, "get your butt down the hallway and never let me see you sitting down. OK, fair enough. That was the start of learning the job in the Max Unit at Juvie from the best shift leader.
A few months later he and his lovely wife Margy were buying a new home. I approached him and with no contract - just a handshake we agreed on a price on their Genie Lane home in Cardiff-By-The Sea. My wife, Karen and I, put our money together. Jerry, the true gentleman that he always was - took off time from work to help me paint the entire house. How many people would do that these days ? That's the kind of man he was.
I could go on and on. But what would our World be like if everyone conducted themselves like Jerry Gerard did? He loved his wife, he loved his children and loved Jesus. He was never embarrassed to let anyone know he was a Christian and how he wanted to bring up his boys. He was a great witness to me and many, many others. I looked to him as an older brother example - as he had such high morals, standards and integrity.
My prayers for Margy, Steven, Alex and all family members.
Roger Christensen - September 4, 2022 6:47 P.M.
Well, Jerry I am a little late but just finding out you are no longer with us. It saddens me because you were one of the best mentors I had it was pleasure being taught by you Ginger Terry Bowers Bev and many others. You just gave me the best I could get starting out as a new officer. I was fortunate to say Thank you in an email exchange. But know this I still have you in my heart. I pray you are at peace and at rest. To your family I will include them in my prayers...that they hold onto the best of you and the memories you had together. Jerry, it was more than my pleasure , see you on the other side.
Our friendship began several decades ago as coworkers in the Probation Department and our careers paralleled each other over the years. Jerry was a consummate professional whose loyalty to the department never faded. He was a demanding and uncompromising taskmaster who valued honesty and hard work.
In our retirement years, we spent many hours golfing and shooting at the pistol range, which was often followed by lunches. Jerry was knowledgeable and insightful about many issues including politics, religion, medicines, firearms, and survival practices. Consequently, we’ve had a few interesting debates but those differences only seemed to bond our friendship. As he recently remarked, we were “brothers in heart.” He had a great sense of humor and laughed easily about his own imperfections. I’m saddened by the loss but grateful for the memories.
My deepest condolences to Margy and his family. Jerry, may you Rest In Peace.
Terry Bowers
When I was discharged from the Army in December of 1971 having served as a medic with the 101st Airborne in Viet Nam, Jerry and I shared an apartment at the Fox and Hounds complex in Columbus. Jerry was in the Military Police at Fort Bragg and we shared our combat experiences, his with offenders in the military. We both liked music and so with my guitar and Jerry’s voice we thought we were hot. We put an ad in the OSU newspaper for a female vocalist to complement our group. The singer later became my wife, Trish, of 50 years, much longer than our group would have lasted. In a few
Months I departed for med school, having been accepted late and up and left Columbus and Jerry. I didnt see much of him until my wedding in December of 1972, his being best man. Then we took different paths and lost track of each other.
Jerry was a good friend and a loyal friend who always had a laugh and a smile. I will miss him.
Charlie Tweel
Jerry has been a wonderful friend since our days at Ohio State in the Kappa Sigma fraternity. We has a lot of fun and some serious times, too. We supported each other and enjoyed college life. He was always a better student than I was. He served as the Best Man in our wedding as our friendship grew closer.
The most important time we shared was when he had accepted Jesus as his personal Savior. I can remember the joy he experienced in that commitment. Difficult times can attack us, but this I know, that our Heavenly Father reached down and took Jerry home.
Our deepest sympathy and love to Margy, Steven, Alex and family.
We'll miss you, Jerry ~
Paul and Carol Isaacs
