William “Jerry” Harmon 59 of Goldendale Washington passed away on Sunday April 3, 2022 after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer.
Jerry was born in Enterprise Oregon February 9, 1963 to Richard & Twyla Harmon. After relocating with his family to the Clackamas County area at a young age, he attended school and became involved with the Clackamas County Sheriff Explorers program. In 1985 he relocated to Tennessee to pursue a career in law enforcement. He began his career with the Memphis Airport Police in 1987 and was the very first ever lateral transfer class in the history of the Nashville Police department in 1988. He was involved with several different units including patrol, domestic violence, crime prevention as well as the Explorers program in Nashville. He greatly improved the Explorers program taking them to numerous competitions all over the United States. After 15 years he returned to Oregon to be closer to family where he became a school bus driver and eventually went on to be a Trimet driver & dispatcher before retiring in 2018 to pursue his own business as a General Contractor.
He is survived by a wife & son, His Father, 4 siblings & their spouses, An Aunt & her spouse, 8 Nieces & 3 Nephews (along with their spouses or significant others), A Step-Daughter & Step-son (along with their spouse or significant other), 13 great Nieces, 9 great Nephews and 7 grandchildren (6 boys &1 girl) who proudly call him Papa. He was proceeded in death by his mother in 2014.
A memorial service for Jerry will be held on Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 1:00pm, followed by a reception at Gresham Memoril Chapel ~ 257 SE Roberts Ave., Gresham, Oregon 97080.
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Ellen Schelin says
April 12, 2022 at 1:54 pmJerry was my Foster Daughter’s Husband and became loved one in my Family and I loved him very much and now I’m going to miss him everyday I love Jerry and miss you GOD has got You in the Palm of His HAND
Stephanie Povey & John Harmon says
April 13, 2022 at 9:51 pmMy brother John and I have fond memories of Uncle Jerry. As kids, it was always such a treat when Christmas came around and Uncle Jerry came to visit. He was the young, fun, police officer, uncle from Tennessee. We he was in town, we always had to eat at Burgerville, at least once 🙂 Our first trip on an airplane was to visit Uncle Jerry in Tennessee. He took us all over, we visited Dollywood, The Hermitage, and The Alabama Space Center. He also came with us on a family trip to Walt Disneyworld after I graduated from nursing school. His southern accent and laugh is what I will remember most.