- Date Of Birth: October 12, 1972
- Date Of Death: January 28, 2022
- State: Nebraska
Jason Charles Brandt, 49, of Omaha, Nebraska, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, January 28, 2022, after a short, but hard-fought, battle with bile duct cancer.
Jason was born in Syracuse, Nebraska, on October 12, 1972, to proud parents Chuck and Lois Brandt. After a move to N Street as a youngster, this proud product of Norris Elementary went on to become a Millard South Indian , a maroon-shirt-worthy Runza employee, and a DJ at Z-92.
After studying broadcasting and journalism at the University of Nebraska, Jason moved with his family to Memphis, Tennessee, and finished his college career as an English Lit major at the University of Memphis. It was in the Bluff City that Jason was first introduced to good barbecue and given the opportunity to do talent stats for the Memphis Tigers basketball team. When the Grizzlies came to town, Jason was the only stats man around, and for almost ten years, his left elbow could be seen sitting next to the play-by-play announcer for pretty much every televised Memphis basketball game.
While in Memphis, Jason met and married Jennifer. Together, they welcomed Chloe and Sadie, the joys of his life. Although Jason and Jen later parted ways, they remained committed to parenting their wonderful girls as a team—a team that expanded when Jen married Preston and Jason handed Gwen a post-it note asking her to be his wife. If you’ve had the good fortune to meet Chloe and Sadie, you know the parenting team was highly successful in rearing two delightful, compassionate, and talented young women.
Somehow along the way, Jason found a career in human resources—a profession for which he was ideally suited. A naturally charming fellow with a heart of gold, Jason had no trouble putting himself in the shoes of the employees under his care and making sure they knew that he was always on their side. And, as he moved up the career ladder by way of Tennessee, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee , and Indiana, his coworkers became friends who turned into family.
In February of 2021, Jason made his last move—back to his home, Nebraska. Although living in his parents’ basement for four months isn’t exactly what a 48-year-old man envisions for himself, his and Gwen’s dream home was finished by June, and his job as Human Resources Director for the clean energy company Hexagon Agility was the pinnacle of his professional life—a job with a mission and coworkers that he simply adored. Countless times over the summer and fall months, Jason told Gwen, “I really couldn’t imagine our lives working out any better than this.
Jason is survived by the love of his life, Gwen; his greatest joys, Chloe and Sadie; his parents, Chuck and Lois; his sister and brother-in-law, Stacey and Ben Humann and their children, Braden, Faith, Ellie, and Makenna; his mother- and father-in-law, Pat and Randy Mitchell; his brother-in-law, Scott; more dear friends than any one man could ever deserve; and two adorable kitty cats, Salsa and Queso. Preceding him in death were his grandparents: Orval and Irene Schulte; Lester Brandt; and Dorothy Jilek.
