Jerome Jordan “Jerry” Hotchkiss, 79, a former Sweet Home resident, died peacefully in his sleep Aug. 21, 2021, at his home in Brooks. He previously had resided in Sweet Home, Oregon.
He was born Aug. 24, 1941, in Preston, Minn. to Robert Paul Hotchkiss and Iowa Myrtle Hotchkiss (nee Gaul).
He graduated in 1959 from Jefferson High School in Portland.
He worked for SP&S Railroad as a telegrapher and then went into the grocery business…