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Jeremy Spielman Obituary

Aged 84 and a resident of Woodside California passed away peacefully, at home on July 5, 2015. Born in Los Angeles, Jerry moved to Los Altos and attended Los Altos Elementary school. His high school years were spent at the Puget Sound Naval Academy on Bainbridge Island Washington.
Before joining the Air Force in 1950 and serving four years, Jerry attended Colorado University, and after his service in the Air Force he received a BA in Economics from Stanford. Subsequently he received an MBA from Golden Gate University.
Jerry's career started in financial management where he served as CFO for Boole and Babbage and continued as a Financial Management Consultant in the Silicon Valley. He moved into commercial real estate sales and development where he managed his own company, SAS Commercial Real Estate.
Jerry was an avid golfer, belonging to the San Francisco Golf Club, the Menlo Country Club and the US Seniors Golf Association. Jerry loved to travel extensively, enjoying scuba diving vacations and trips to the far corners of the world. He spoke fondly about his most recent trip to Croatia.
Jerry especially enjoyed spending time with his friends through his affiliation with the Guardsmen, the Palo Alto Club and the Pacific Union Club.
He is survived by this daughter, Cailean Spielman Sherman, son in law, Robert Stanton Sherman III and grandson, Robert Campbell Sherman. He is preceded in death by this wife, Lynn Campbell Sherman.
A private service will be held. The family asks that donations be sent to your favorite charity.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle from Jul. 15 to Jul. 19, 2015.

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