- Date Of Birth: September 3, 1964
- Date Of Death: April 13, 2023
- State: New Mexico
Jerry was born September 3, 1964 to Andrew R. Caramanica and Frances Cecelia Butler in Centereach Long Island, New York.
Jerry moved to Roswell, NM in 1971 from Centereach Long Island, NY and attended grade school and middle school in Roswell, NM. He attended Roswell High School then soon after joined the Army. Jerry was stationed in Germany and continued to live in Germany after he proudly completed serving his country in the Persian Gulf War from January to May of 1991 and Operation Desert Storm.
Jerry was preceded on death by his grandparents: Gerardo and Michelina Caramanica; John and Cecelia Butler; his father, Andrew R. Caramanica and mother Frances C. Butler Caramanica; his brothers, John T. Caramanica and Andrew J. Caramanica; brother-in-law William Puotinen (Putt); and sister-in-law, Deanna Caramanica.
Those left to cherish Jerry’s memory are, son, Eric Smith; nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews whom he loved: Sophia, Mia, Payton, William, Eric, Elizabeth, Joshua, Raiden, Brean, Alex, Jodi, Paul, Penelope, William, Joseph, Sabrina and Bentley; sisters, Margaret Puotinen of New Bern, NC, Julia and Bill Barboza of New Bern, NC, and Frances Hairston and Todd of Roswell, NM.
A special thank you to Brigette Schmidt and her husband, as well as Jerry’s good friend Franky of Germany for their kind support. A loving thank you goes to his sisters, Margaret, Julia and Frances for their loving care of their brother Jerry.
Goodbye or see you again our brother (arrivederci) in Italian. Jerry always said, “Ciao!”, chow means Hello or Goodbye. Love always our brother.
