Jerry L. Vert

VERT, BARTMESS, ECKELS, STOLTE

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 7/20/2006 at 19:45:30

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
May 12, 1999

JERRY L. VERT, Lorimor

Jerry L. Vert, 57, of Lorimor died of lung cancer May 9, 1999, at his home.

Funeral services were held today (Wednesday, May 12) at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Valley Christian Church near Thayer with the Rev. Dwayne Henrichs officiating. Burial was at Lorimor Cemetery.

Jerry Vert was born Nov. 13, 1941, in Winterset to Marshall and Doris (Bartmess) Vert. A 1960 graduate of Lorimor High School, he attended Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Mo. He married Dorothy Eckels on June 18, 1960. They lived in Des Moines for approximately 10 years, until moving to Union County in 1974. He worked as a bread salesman for Metz Baking Company in Des Moines for 10 years. He then worked as a district manager for the Des Moines Register for 19 years, and most recently, as a bus driver for Five Oaks of Des Moines. Jerry served as mayor of Lorimor for several years. He also served on the Lorimor City Council. He was a member of the Pleasant Valley Christian Church, the Lorimor Masonic Lodge and the Lakeshore Golf and County Club of Afton. He also was a former member of the Lorimor Fire Department and Lorimor Lions Club.

He was preceded in death by his father.

He is survived by his wife; his mother of Lorimor; his mother-in-law, Gertrude Eckels of Thayer; two sons, Rodney Vert (wife Kari) of Elliott and Rick Vert of Lorimor; one daughter, Teri Stolte (husband Jason)of Des Moines; and five grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements were handled by Powers Funeral Home of Afton.