Jerry Dean Austin (2008)
AUSTIN, BROWN, DODD, HARPER, LUNDBERG, RICHARDS, ROCKEY, WILSON
Posted By: Shirley Keating (email)
Date: 8/28/2008 at 22:29:53
Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 27, 2008JERRY AUSTIN, ST. CHARLES
Jerry Dean Austin, 80, of St. Charles died Aug. 20, 2008, at his home.
Funeral services were held Saturday, Aug. 23, at St. Charles Parish with the Rev. Sandy Smith officiating. Burial was at St. Charles Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to Middle River Hospice. Funeral arrangements were handled by Kale Funeral Home of Osceola.
Jerry Austin was born Jan. 30, 1928, in Winterset to Robert and Martha (Wilson) Austin and grew up in southern Iowa. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving as a Fireman 1st Class during World War II. His marriage to Carolyn Hope Rockey took place March 2, 1947, in Peru. In 1957, they moved to St. Charles. Jerry worked as an electrician at Western Tool and then the Des Moines Register, from which he retired in 1988. He was a member of the former V.F.W. in St. Charles and St. Charles Parish.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Betty Austin and Eunice Harper; and four brothers, Robert, Leonard, Forrest, and Ivan.
He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, of St. Charles; his children — Bruce Austin of Prole, Sandra Lundberg of Iowa City, Debra Richards of Brainerd, Minn., Jeanne Brown of Greenfield, and Dana Austin and Bill Austin, both of St. Charles; a sister, Frieda Dodd of State Center; and 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
________________________The Osceola Sentinel-Tribune
Osceola, Iowa
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Page 3, Column 3Jerry Dean Austin
Jerry Dean Austin, son of Robert Austin and Martha Wilson Austin was born January 30, 1928 in Winterset. He passed from this life August 20, 2008 at his home in St. Charles, at 80 years of age.
On March 2, 1947, he was united in marriage to Carolyn Hope Rockey in Peru. They moved to St. Charles in 1957.
He leaves to cherish his memory: his wife, Carolyn Austin of St. Charles; children, Bruce Austin of Prole, Sandra Lundberg (Dean) of Iowa City, Bill Austin (Robyn) of St. Charles, Debra Richards (Marty) of Brainerd, MN, Dana Austin (Melinda) of St. Charles, Jeanne Brown (Wayne) of Greenfield; 16 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; sister, Frieda Dodd (Joe) of State Center; other relatives and many friends.
Services were held at St. Charles Parish on Aug. 23, with Rev. Sandy Smith, officiating. Interment followed in the St. Charles Cemetery.
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