Sterling, Virginia
Jerry Warden Friedheim
1934 — 2024
Jerry Warden Friedheim, 89, a resident of the Washington area since 1962 and a former assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, died on January 20, 2024 at Falcons Landing in Sterling, Virginia. Mr. Friedheim was born October 7, 1934 in Joplin, Mo. to Volmer Havens and Billie Alice Friedheim and grew up in Joplin. He was a 1952 graduate of Joplin High School and earned a bachelor of journalism degree in 1956 and a master of arts degree in 1962 from the University of Missouri, Columbia, where he taught journalism in 1961 and 1962. Jerry married Shirley Margarette Beavers in Joplin October 17, 1956; she died September 15, 2003. He married Jacqueline Wade Grant Friedheim April...