"May you go with that amazing grace that helps you pull people together, not apart, And may you call that amazing grace, at some times, by the name, Jordan Tassy."
Jerome Jenkins
May 24, 1954 Jan. 27, 2021
Jerome ‘Jay’ Jenkins, 66, passed away on Jan. 27, 2021. He was a caring husband and a father of three.
Jerome was born in Chicago, Illinois, along with his identical twin, Tyrone. His loving parents, Louise and Fred Jenkins, raised their family in the small Chicago suburb of Phoenix, Illinois.
After high school, Jerome joined the Air Force, which led to many years traveling between Northern California and Japan.
In Japan, he met his wife Kazuko, and they raised three children in a multicultural environment.
Jerome retired from the Air Force after 20 years in 1992, but worked as a flight simulator technician until he retired from the private sector in 2020.