Jetta Brenner, 90

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Jetta (Sorgman) Brenner died June 15. She was born in Providence, and was the daughter of the late Jules and Florence (Fluster) Sorgman.

 

She was a celebrated hotelier and the first lady general manager of the Sheraton Hotel Corp. She managed the Sheraton Russell Hotel in New York City, and, after retirement, managed the Montauk Yacht Club in Montauk, New York. 

She leaves a daughter, Kathy Brenner of Cambridge, Mass.; a son, Robert Brenner of Anchorage, Alaska; and three grandchildren, Jeffrey, Sarah and Bryan. 

Contributions in her memory may be made to either Temple Beth-El’s Library Fund or Johnson and Wales Culinary Archives and Museum.