JERRARD, Jerry (DR.H.G.) died peacefully on 10 April after a long illness in the care of the Elizabeth Finn Nursing Home in Exeter, aged 91.
Research Scientist, sailor and lover of the Solent and the Hamble, his distinguished career as Reader in Physics at the University of Southampton (and Professor for a year at Oklahoma State University) led on to two decades of service to both Fareham Borough Council (Leader for some years and Mayor in 1984-5) and to Hampshire County Council.
There is a memorial service and celebration of Jerry’s life on Tuesday, 11 June at 2pm in St Mary’s Church and afterwards at the Sailing Club, at Warsash in Hampshire.
Donations, if desired are for Elizabeth Finn Homes and the Hampshire Association for the Care of the Blind to A H Freemantle, Funeral Directors, 16 Middle Road, Park Gate, Southampton SO31 7GH.