Jerry S. Hajdik

Jerome S. “Jerry” Hajdik, 78, of Dayton, died Saturday, February 8, 2014, at the East Houston Regional Medical Center in Houston. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at the Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton. Visitation will be held prior to services. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Jerry was born December 24, 1935, in Wallace, to parents, Joseph and Louise Skarpa Hajdik, and has been a lifelong resident of Dayton. He was the former owner of Jerry’s Grocery, veteran of the US Army, and enjoyed gardening, and making sausage. Mr. Hajdik was preceded in death by his father: Joseph Hajdik; mother: Louise Skarpa Hajdik; brother: Joe Hajdik; sister: Eleanor Prochazka; and brothers-in-law: Richard Johnson and Leo Prochazka. He is survived by his son: Michael Hajdik and wife Stacy of Dayton; daughters: Dolly Lanier of Spring and Jerrilynn Reed and husband Larry of Dayton; sisters: Mary Johnson of Houston, Mildred Sodolak and husband Alvin of Houston, Alice Buras and husband Ted of Houston, and Margie Chovanec and husband Ladd of Houston; mother of his children: Zoetta Croft of Liberty; sister-in-law: Aline Parker of Dayton; grandchildren: Josh, Rachel, Tiffani, Kelsey, Kali, Mikayla, and Chris; great-grandson: Zackary; his faithful companion: Chester; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.