Jerald Atkinson
ATKINSON, WARD, STRATMAN
Posted By: June Brewer Welsch (email)
Date: 4/20/2009 at 04:04:14
Source Muscatine Iowa Journal Feb. 15, 2006
Jerald 'Jerry' I. Atkinson, 67, Moscow, died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006, at Genesis Medical Center - West Campus Davenport.The Rev. Jon Gimmy will officiate. Musical selections will be provided by organist Deb Mohr and vocalist Henry Bentley.
Memorials may be made to Moscow United Methodist Church.
Mr. Atkinson was born March 30, 1938, in Crawford County, Wis., the son of Harry and Freda Ward Atkinson. He married Marilynn E. Stratman on Aug. 9, 1974, in Galena, Ill.
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy
He worked at North Star Steel, Wilton, for 24 years retiring in 2000.
He was a member of the Methodist faith, attending the Moscow United Methodist Church, Moscow. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, bird watching and watching the Cedar River go by his home.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Rhonda Mann and husband Max of Elkhart, Ind.; four sons, Jerry Atkinson and wife Terri of Kensington, Conn., Mark Atkinson and wife Kenlyn of Edgerton, Wis., Rick Nelson and wife Yong of Vernon Hills, Ill. and Steve Nelson of Houston; 15 grandchildren; a sister, Linda Brown and husband Larry of Ontario, Wis.; and his former daughter-in-law, Kathy Nelson of Bloomington, Ill.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Dorothy Atkinson in infancy and Karen Bartosh; and a brother, Herbert Atkinson.
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