Jerome Dendler

Dendler, Jerome ("Jerry") Michael, 66, of Glen Burnie, MD died July 23, 2014 at his home. Born July 8, 1948, in Cincinnati, OH, Mr. Dendler was the beloved son of Elmer ("Butch") and Clara (nee Kohn) Dendler. The Dendlers owned a corner store in their home that was the favorite hangout spot for the neighborhood.
Mr. Dendler joined the Army April 1970 and served twenty years, achieving the rank of Sergeant First Class. He completed tours in West Berlin, West German; Augsburg, Germany; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort George G. Meade, Maryland; Fort Devins, Massachusetts; and NTTC Correy Station, Pensacola, Florida. Upon retiring from the Army in April 1990, Mr. Dendler was employed by the U.S. Treasury Department, retiring in February 2009.
Mr. Dendler loved dogs, penguins, and cows; cooking and baking; feeding and observing birds, butterflies, squirrels, and chipmunks; soaking in his hot tub or floating in a pool in his inner tube; taking cruises all over the world; reading; politics; World War I and II history; listening to Jimmy Buffett; and, above all, his bevy of loyal friends.
Mr. Dendler married Janice (nee Ziegler) Dendler in August, 1999, after meeting as U.S. Army soldiers in West Berlin, West Germany, in November 1978. Although he had no children, Mr. Dendler (AKA Uncle Animal) viewed many of his friends' children as if they were his own.
Mr. Dendler was preceded in death by his parents and is survived by his wife, two nieces, and two nephews.
Interment with full military honors will be held later in his wife's hometown of Lewistown, Pennsylvania.
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