I've been a NAFEX member for quite a while and have followed the work that Jerry was doing with native persimmons. However, I did not know him socially, always intending to visit with him at length at a NAFEX annual meeting and to make that trip to Indiana to see his work. Sorry to say that neither of those things ever happened. I did visit with him briefly a couple of times and found him to be a helpful and likable person.
It's clear that Jerry was one of those persons who was key to the success of our organization. For many of our members he was not only a friend but also a goldmine of information about native persimmons. Perhaps the best memorial we could give Jerry would be to ensure that someone will obtain the cultivars he had collected or developed and to establish a back-up collection at some arboretum or university -- something, unfortunately, that is always subject to the fiscal whims of politicians and administrators.
Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn., USDA Zone 4b
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