Yolo County CA Archives Obituaries.....Jimenez Sr. , Jerome Arthur  December 24, 2005
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The Woodland Daily Democrat
Jimenez Sr., Jerome Arthur "Jerry"       
 
Aug. 4, 1947 - Dec. 24, 2005

Jerome "Jerry" Arthur Jimenez Sr. died in his daughter's Sacramento home 
Saturday, Dec. 24, 2005, at age 58.

Born Aug. 4, 1947, Mr. Jimenez was a native of Woodland and had been a 
lifelong Yolo County resident. He was the son of the late Alfred Macias 
Jimenez and Jean Dallas (Wilcox) Jimenez and a Woodland High School graduate. 
After a 4-year period of working for Heidrick Farming Company, he joined the 
U.S. Army in 1968, serving in the Vietnam War. He completed a military career 
of 17 years and earned the following awards: Commendation Medal, Combat 
Infantryman Badge, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Vietnam Service Medal, Marksman 
and Expert Rifleman medals, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, National 
Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, Civil Actions Medal and the 
Bronze Star.

Survivors include his companion of 14 years, Kathy Arreguin of West 
Sacramento; daughters, Olivia Howard and husband, Art and Moriah Hancock of 
Sacramento, Martina Jimenez of Woodland, Andrea Munt of Rocklin and Amanda 
Jimenez of West Sacramento; sons, Ben Higa and Jerome Jimenez Jr. of Woodland; 
grandchildren, Jeremy and Jacob Higa, Vincent and Marcos Lara, Mary Jane 
Hernandez and Roman Jimenez. Also surviving are his sisters, Barbara Jimenez 
of Yuba City, Jean Sharma and Kay O'Donald of Sacramento, Diana Valdepena and 
Alfreda Martinez of Woodland, and Iona Rodriguez of Chico; and brother, Alfred 
Jimenez of Sacramento.

Services: A funeral service is scheduled at 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at Kraft 
Bros. Chapel, 175 Second St., with a military chaplain officiating. Interment 
will take place at a later date, in the veteran's section of Woodland 
Cemetery. Memorials, in the name of Mr. Jimenez, may be directed to UC Davis 
Cancer Research Center, 2315 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, 95817. Kraft Bros. 
Funeral Directors of Woodland is assisting the family with arrangements.

Published in the Daily Democrat on 12/31/2005. 
 


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