Jerome 'Jerry' Kazda

12/28/1925 — 4/6/2023

Service Date: 4/21/2023
Get Directions to Service

Send a Condolence

Jerome “Jerry” John Kazda died Thursday, April 6, 2023, at the age of 97. Jerry was a 72-year longtime resident of Clarkston.

Jerry was born Dec. 28, 1925, to Rudolph A. and Marie J. Basta Kazda, in Lewiston.

Jerry attended St. Stanislaus Catholic School, St. Joseph Mission School and graduated from Lewiston High School in 1943.

Following high school graduation, Jerry served in the U.S. Navy as a radioman from November 1943 to May 1946, stationed in Okinawa, Japan.

Jerry married Patricia Marek on Oct. 22, 1949, at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, in Lewiston.

Jerry was employed as a linen-supply manager, first for C.O.D. Laundry, and continued with Blue Ribbon Linen Supply, retiring in 1988.

Jerry was a dedicated parishioner of the Holy Family Catholic Church, in Clarkston, for 72 years, as well as member of the Lewiston Elks Lodge, and former member of the Clarkston Lions Club.

Jerry loved to travel, visiting his daughter while she was teaching in Sicily and then traveling extensively in Europe. Visiting his grandfather’s grave in the Czech Republic in 2001 was a highlight.

Jerry is preceded in death by his parents, Rudolph and Marie Kazda; brothers: Rudy, Paul and Francis; and sisters: Agnes and Ann.

Jerry is survived by his wife, Patricia, of Clarkston; daughter Linda Kazda, of Lewiston; son Douglas (Sharon), of Vancouver, Wash.; grandsons: Ryan (Deseree), of Bothell, Wash., Jason (Monica), of Post Falls, Idaho; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Funeral Mass for Jerry will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, April 21, at the Holy Family Catholic Church, 1109 Chestnut St., in Clarkston.