Photo courtesy of Toale Brothers Colonial Chapel - Sarasota
Bradenton, Florida
Sep 24, 1931 – Jun 23, 2017
Jerry Nelson Hess of Sarasota died June 23, 2017 at Doctor's Hospital in Sarasota. He was born September 24, 1931 in Cedarvale, Kansas, the second son of James Nelson and Mary Elixabeth Burge Hess. Both of his parents and his older brother, Norman Burge (Bob) Hess, predeceased him in death. ...
Read MoreJerry, my friend, you are missed.
Phil Brooks
September 18, 2025 | Williamsburg, VA | Friend
Jerry was a great friend and colleague of both my father and myself, at the Truman Library and then at the National Archives. He was a fine guy and was an outstanding oral historian, and his contributions to oral histories in Presidential Libraries are great. I'll miss him very much.
Philip C. Brooks, Jr.
July 12, 2017 | Williamsburg, VA
God knows the sorrow you feel in your hearts right now. He will help you through this time of bereavement.
July 12, 2017
